Macintosh: Wake-on-LAN Packets Issue

There are two symptoms:

The computer wakes up by a wake-on-LAN packet and then goes to sleep, but immediately wakes up again.

The computer wakes up by a wake-on-LAN packet and if you change its TCP/IP setting to something other than Ethernet but don't access the network before the computer goes to sleep again, the computer stops responding ("freezes") after it goes to sleep.

Solution

Use one of these methods to avoid the issue:

• Disable "Wake for network administrative access" in the Energy Saver control panel.
• If TCP/IP is set to Ethernet, set AppleTalk to Ethernet as well.
• Access the network after the computer wakes up by a wake-on-LAN packet but before it goes to sleep again.

1. The parenthetical product description (Summer 2000) refers to the summer of the Northern Hemisphere.