Hello!
I wanted to ask if anyone is using WOL and if it’s working together with CIS 4 build .719.
I suddenly can’t wake up another network PC and would like to check first if it has something to do with CIS before I check other things.
Best regards
Fastest test would be to set Firewall security level to disabled, put the PC to sleep and try to Wake it up…
Also check out the Firewall’s Advanced settings, Protocol analysis etc…
Thanks Ronny for your answer!
Okay, it wasn’t CIS’ fault.
It’s an annoying Windows 7 bug.
I have VirtualBox installed with its VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter.
I had to disable it through the device manager, otherwise Windows is sending the magic packet through this adapter and it’s not working.
That’s apparently the same problem I always had. When I’m connected to the Internet I can’t wake up other PCs because Windows seems to use my ISPs virtual VPN adapter.
I always need to disconnect first when I want to wake up other PCs.
Sorry for blaming CIS for this 
Maybe there are WOL tools that you can force the packets out over a adapter of your choice?
I’m using two free WOL tool and both don’t have such options.
I think it’s Win 7’s fault because I didn’t experience these problems with WinXp.
I also have similar problems with the built in ping command.
It will probably use the interface that’s acting as the default gateway?
Or is it the first adapter that shows up when you type ipconfig on a command-box?
Apparently it uses the first adapter (xDSL) which is my ISP internet connection.
Here is the ipconfig output in case you want to see it:
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Laptop
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
PPP adapter xDSL:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : xDSL
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . :
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 85.127.xxx.xxx(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 195.34.133.21
212.186.211.21
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Wireless LAN adapter Drahtlosnetzwerkverbindung 2:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-19-D2-69-BF-9E
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Ethernet adapter LAN-Verbindung:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100-integrierter Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-13-77-48-35-1A
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.88.8.59(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sonntag, 21. Februar 2010 11:13:25
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Montag, 22. Februar 2010 11:13:25
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.88.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.27.28.2
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 195.58.160.194
195.58.161.122
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Here you can see the difference through Wireshark. Once I send a magic packet when disconnected and once when connected to the internet.
disconnected:
connected:
Found this at M$ maybe it also applies somehow to Win7
Thank you!
That looks promising. I’ll check it out.
Hey Ronny!
I have to admit you’re great!
When I first encountered this problem I asked in the MS Technet forums and they were clueless.
You’re link was the solution! I never ever heard of such things like interface metrics ;D
Windows is behaving quite weird here though.
I had to manually set the interface metric of my ISP’s VPN adapter (xDSL) otherwise Windows wouldn’t remember the setting and would change it back to a wrong automatic value as soon as I connect to the internet.
I don’t know if you’re interested in my interface metrics but here they are:
outputted with the command: netsh interface ip show address
when connected to the internet:
Configuration for interface "xDSL"
DHCP enabled: No
IP Address: 85.127.xxx.xxx
Subnet Prefix: 85.127.xxx.xxx/xxx (mask 255.255.255.255)
Default Gateway: 0.0.0.0
Gateway Metric: 1
InterfaceMetric: 4250
Configuration for interface "Drahtlosnetzwerkverbindung 2"
DHCP enabled: Yes
InterfaceMetric: 4230
Configuration for interface "LAN-Verbindung"
DHCP enabled: Yes
IP Address: 10.88.8.59
Subnet Prefix: 10.88.0.0/16 (mask 255.255.0.0)
Default Gateway: 10.88.0.1
Gateway Metric: 0
InterfaceMetric: 4245
Configuration for interface "Loopback Pseudo-Interface 1"
DHCP enabled: No
IP Address: 127.0.0.1
Subnet Prefix: 127.0.0.0/8 (mask 255.0.0.0)
InterfaceMetric: 4275
and disconnected:
Configuration for interface "Drahtlosnetzwerkverbindung 2"
DHCP enabled: Yes
InterfaceMetric: 5
Configuration for interface "LAN-Verbindung"
DHCP enabled: Yes
IP Address: 10.88.8.59
Subnet Prefix: 10.88.0.0/16 (mask 255.255.0.0)
Default Gateway: 10.88.0.1
Gateway Metric: 0
InterfaceMetric: 20
Configuration for interface "Loopback Pseudo-Interface 1"
DHCP enabled: No
IP Address: 127.0.0.1
Subnet Prefix: 127.0.0.0/8 (mask 255.0.0.0)
InterfaceMetric: 50
I changed the value of the xDSL interface metric to 4250 so that it’s higher than the LAN-connection even when connected to the internet through the xDSL adapter.
I have to note this down so I don’t forget it.
Thanks again!
I think that’s because once your DSL adapter connects it becomes the default gateway, and static routes in this case normally have a metric of 1
Try netstat -rn (that’s r and n) on the command-line and see that the 0-route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 points to your internet connection
I have two 0-routes, one points to the internal IP and one to the external.
IPv4 Route Table
===========================================================================
Active Routes:
Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 10.88.0.1 10.88.8.59 4245
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 On-link 85.127.xxx.xx 4251
10.0.0.138 255.255.255.255 10.88.0.1 10.88.8.59 4236
10.88.0.0 255.255.0.0 On-link 10.88.8.59 4491
10.88.8.59 255.255.255.255 On-link 10.88.8.59 4491
10.88.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 10.88.8.59 4491
85.127.231.94 255.255.255.255 On-link 85.127.xxx.xx 4506
127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 On-link 127.0.0.1 4531
127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 4531
127.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 4531
169.254.0.0 255.255.0.0 On-link 169.254.23.246 4501
169.254.23.246 255.255.255.255 On-link 169.254.23.246 4501
169.254.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 169.254.23.246 4501
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 On-link 127.0.0.1 4531
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 On-link 169.254.23.246 4502
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 On-link 10.88.8.59 4492
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 On-link 85.127.xxx.xx 4251
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 4531
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 169.254.23.246 4501
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 10.88.8.59 4491
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 85.127.xxx.xx 4506
===========================================================================
Persistent Routes:
None
Whats the default gateway 10.88.0.1 for device, and what networks does it “know” apparently it doesn’t route the packets to the Internet if you need an other adapter to connect.
Does it have other networks connected to it?
Otherwise i would prefer to remove the gateway from the 10.x interface and set possible 10.x. routes with the use of a static route with the “route add -p” option.
10.88.0.1 is the router which I can’t configure because it is locked by the ISP.
10.0.0.138 is the ISPs host where the xDSL adapter connects to to establish an Internet connection.
I’m connecting through PPTP.
It’s weird that the Network Connections doesn’t show the VirtualBox Network which however is enabled in the Device Manager and also gets listed with ipconfig.
Edit:The “VPN Connection” adapter in the picture is simply the same as the xDSL adapter. I only created it for testing purposes with different DNS Servers.
Unfortunately I’m not very savvy in this domain. I’m not sure what to do with your instructions.
Anyway, right now is everything working. I can wake-up and ping PCs also when connected to the Internet.
This is what I wanted and never was working since I’ve installed Win 7.
Edit: added explanation for “VPN Connection”
Well if everything is working like you would then there’s nothing to change
If it ain’t broke don’t fix it…
Okay, thanks again for your help!
No problem, glad i could be of some help.