Wake on LAN for Home Assistant Turning the PC on and off

Wake on LAN for Home Assistant

I want to wake my PC with WOL  packet via HA

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/wake_on_lan/



https://community.home-assistant.io/t/turning-the-pc-on-and-off/559667

This Wake on LAN integration cannot be added from the UI

Im trying to setup the wake_on_lan integration but when I to to configuration > integrations > add integration and search for Wake on Lan it doesnt find it. Below is the link

This device cannot be added from the UI

You can add this device by adding it to your 'configuration.yaml'. See the documentation for more information.

source:https://community-assets.home-assistant.io/optimized/4X/f/6/e/f6e93399ffa6dab387677abdb79ecf70d376e214_2_690x396.png

step 1:you have Wake On Lan  added to configuration.yaml.

configuration.yaml

input_select:
  input_select_husband_track_home_away_status_dropdown:
    name: input_select_husband
    options:
      - Home
      - Just Arrived
      - Just Left
      - Away
      - Extended Away
    initial: Home
# Example configuration.yaml entry  https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/wake_on_lan/
wake_on_lan:

other

Example YAML snippet Example
YAML configuration of a Wake on LAN:

wakeonlan:
switch:
  - platform: wake_on_lan
    name: lg_tv
    mac: "78:5D:C8:53:A9:DF"
  - platform: wake_on_lan
    name: kodi_wol
    host: 192.168.1.5
    mac: "00-1e-06-42-29-bb"

source:https://github.com/home-assistant/core/issues/48139#issue-836739795

step 2: restart ha

step 3: Test Send magic packet via   Developer Tools panel

The service dev tool allows you to call any available service in Home Assistant.Go to Developer Tools → Services. wake_on_lan is the domain, with only one service for wake-on-lan : wake_on_lan.send_magic_packet

Wake on LAN: Send magic packet

service: wake_on_lan.send_magic_packet
data: {}

run ok

Next,add mac address of your pc

service: wake_on_lan.send_magic_packet
data: 
  mac: aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff
  broadcast_address: 192.168.0.255
  broadcast_port: 9

http://192.168.2.50:38123/developer-tools/service


example



source:https://community.home-assistant.io/t/wake-on-lan-not-doing-anything/197533/8?u=msly

Ohter
Mac

ping the broadcast address for the subnet, and wait

ping -b 255.255.255.255 -i5 -c3

look at the arp table

cat /proc/net/arp

source:https://community.home-assistant.io/t/wake-on-lan-config-flow/294800

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Incorrect MAC address format


MAC address format

aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff

This  MAC address can be added from the UI.

run ok