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I know Wake-on-LAN standard, but I don't understand the use case for Wake on Pattern Match option in the network card preferences. What are the advantages of it?
What does `Wake on Pattern Match` option mean in network card preferences?
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“Wake On LAN” makes the system wake on the “magic packet.”
The “Wake on pattern match” option instead checks for packets that matches the operating-system-specified patterns; for example, an ARP request for the computer’s address, or a TCP connection attempt.
The default patterns on a Windows 7 system are:
- Magic Packet.
- NetBIOS Name Query.
- TCPv4 SYN.
- TCPv6 SYN
- IPv6 Neighbor Solicitation.
There’s no ARP in the list since the device is expected to support “ARP Offload”; that is, reply to ARP requests with OS-set address by itself.
user1686
Posted 2013-03-03T13:41:33.043
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Does anyone know if an article exists explaining the other advanced features available for network interfaces on Windows? Google doesn't turn up any quality results for all but a few of the more obvious options. – Hydranix – 2016-03-30T04:28:43.780
Only by disabling Wake on Pattern Match on my network card could I wake my computer over the Internet. Important note: this option did not impair waking over LAN. – NikolaiK. – 2016-07-08T21:54:25.200
some more information would be nice - where is this? In the bios or elsewhere? – Journeyman Geek – 2013-03-03T14:33:47.730