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Configuring Wake-On-LAN on Scan Targets

Author: Shera Matig-a Updated

Overview

Wake-on-LAN enables GFI LanGuard to wake machines from the following states:

  • Powered off
  • Sleep
  • Hibernated

IMPORTANT: If you have routers between the client machine and the GFI LanGuard machine, the router and the GFI LanGuard machine must be configured to allow Wake-on-LAN broadcast packets on UDP port 9.

The motherboard and the network interface card of the computer running GFI LanGuard must support Wake-on-LAN. This article guides you on how to set up Wake-on-LAN on a Windows operating system.

Process

  1. Click Start, right-click on Computer and select Manage.
  2. From the left panel, expand System Tools and click Device Manager.
  3. Right-click on the Network Interface Card and select Properties.
  4. From the Power Management tab, select the following options:
    • Allow this device to wake up the computer
    • Only allow a magic packet to wake the computer

      NOTE: Magic Packet is the wake-up signal that is sent by GFI LanGuard to the scan target network card.

  5. Click OK.

Once the Network Interface Card is configured, run a FULL scan on the client machine. This enables GFI LanGuard to gather the required information from the client machine. For more information refer to Manual scans.

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