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I just purchased this recently (having used it ages ago) to drive a second computer on my desk. My problem is that once the guest machine goes to sleep, I can'

• abeyer 10y ago
  Unless synergy has explicit support for WoL (it didn't last time I used it, but it's been years), it won't just work. You'd need to patch the synergy server to send a WoL magic packet[1] to wake up the client whenever it sends a message that might hit a client that's asleep. (some systems might support something other than the standard magic packet, but I don't know of anything else that works consistently cross platform.) Might also need to look at making sure the client connection comes back up clean and have some delay to make sure it's ready to receive whatever message started the process, and doesn't timeout while waking up. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake-on-LAN#Magic_packet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake-on-LAN#Magic_packet
  • dmerrick 10y ago
    Darn, that's what I was worried about. I wouldn't have anticipated it, but this is an critical feature for me. Without WoL, I need to have a mouse/keyboard attached to the guest machine, which completely defeats the purpose of using Synergy.
    • abeyer 10y ago
      If you just need to be able to wake it up manually, use something like etherwake to send the wakeup packet. It's not integrated w/ synergy, but is the WoL equivalent of "wiggle the mouse and wake it up."