Wake on LAN not working from HA (help please)

Configuration
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I use wol for my lg-webostv. And it works.

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The sample data in the service uses lower case for the mac, and single quotes. Worth a try.

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This is what I said before… I tried with every kind of quotas… Can you please show me your sample?

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The quotas are not the issue, use all lowercase for the mac address.

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Still not working :frowning:

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How do you run HA? Is the device you want to wake up in a different VLAN?

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Both HA and PC are in the same LAN, same subnet, as the other devices (phone/tablet)… From any other devices, I can run WOL without problems, PC will turn on… from HA, no packet received…

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Try this:

switch:
  - platform: wake_on_lan
    mac: '56:32:cc:11:12:12'
    name: “WOL PC”
    host: 192.168.0.2
    broadcast_address: 192.168.0.255

Try also replacing the : with - in the mac address.

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Still nothing :frowning: I’ve tried even without broadcast address, or host… I made all the tests…

There is any way to see a log of running script, to see where is the problem?

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This is my config - only differences are the order and i have no broadcast_address entered
switch:
- platform: wake_on_lan
name : “FrontRoomPC”
host: 172.22.1.132
mac: “C0-3F-D5-63-23-54”

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Do you see no errors under Configuration -> Logs?

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No error :frowning:

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Did you try with - instead of : as well?
Like in the example above from Marc_Pearman?

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Ok, I have solved the problem :))) You won’t believe it… I have unplugged the PI from electricity and back again… seems that it was a stop somewhere…

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Had you perhaps forgotten to restart HA after setting up the yaml - and every time you changed the yaml?

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No, never :smiley: Thats why I have so stuned… I always restart HA after I make changes to yaml… But now, seems that was needed a hardware restart… dunno why…

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Could you please share your config please? I am struggling with similar issue 🥲

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I don’t use WOL anymore, for long time :frowning:

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Old thread but i wanted to re add WoL in Home Assistant today and ran into some issues myself.
I didn’t need to use any quotes, maybe its bad practice and if so please tell. Note that i already had my machines configured for Wake on Lan (which seems to be off by default in at least all my machines BIOS settings)

I also use the add-on “RPC Shutdown” as i want the ability to shut down my Windows machines

Here are the entry in my configuration.yaml with RPC Shutdown

wake_on_lan:
switch:
  - platform: wake_on_lan
    name: a_name_for the_pc_in_lovelace
    host: 192.168.0.99
    mac: c2:35:2d:46:bb:cc
    turn_off:
        service: hassio.addon_stdin
        data:
            addon: core_rpc_shutdown
            input: the_pc_alias_in_RPC_Shutdown

The following are the stuff that you need to match your system, i changed the for this post

  • name: a_name_for the_pc_in_lovelace
  • host: 192.168.0.99
  • mac: c2:35:2d:46:bb:cc
  • input: the_pc_alias_in_RPC_Shutdown

Here are the entry in my configuration.yaml without RPC Shutdown

wake_on_lan:
switch:
  - platform: wake_on_lan
    name: a_name_for the_pc_in_lovelace
    host: 192.168.0.99
    mac: c2:35:2d:46:bb:cc
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Thanks for reply. I’ve already figured it out - you can check my thread about my issue - Solved