[Casper] Wake On LAN

[Brad Rellinger]

This would probably be more work on JAMFs part - but when I was testing 
out OCS Inventory NG, it had a great feature where it would use a client 
in a different subnet to issue commands that are limited by subnet.

For example:

JSS is in Subnet A
Client 1 is in Subnet B
Client 2 is in Subnet B

When Casper Remote could not SSH in the client 1 and couldnt do a 
Wake-on-lan because it was in subnet B -- Casper Remote would find a 
different client (2) in Subnet B that it could SSH into and have client 
2 do a Wake-on-lan to Client 1.

Obviously it would be some work on JSSs/Casper Remotes part to find 
Client 2, but it could probably base that on Network Segment and last 
check-in time.

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Brad Rellinger
Technology Specialist
Anthony Wayne Schools K-12
aw_aca_bre at nwoca.org

Ernst, Craig S. wrote:
> That would be our limitation as well Ryan. We would need to have a 
> system on that segment that stays awake to send the packet. On the 
> Windows side here that can be accomplished with Night Watchmen, which is 
> what we use for power management for Windows. To the point that if the 
> one system in that subnet goes down it’s smart enough to wake one up 
> before it goes down first so one system is always there under normal 
> circumstances. We were going to look at a way to feed the information 
> about the Macs network connectivity to it’s database so it could send 
> the packet as well, but the JSS doesn’t collect enough of the network 
> information we need to do it from initial conversation.
> 
> It would be a very helpful tool to have right in the JSS.
> 
> Craig E
> 
> 
> On 4/1/09 9:58 AM, "Ryan Harter" <rharter at uwsp.edu> wrote:
> 
>     I agree that this would be a good feature.  This is fairly limited
>     though for large networks because, normally, WOL packets get limited
>     to the local subnet, at least in our environment.  Do other people
>     have this issue?
> 
>      
>     *Ryan Harter
>     *UW - Stevens Point
>     Workstation Developer
>     715.346.2716
>     Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu
> 
> 
>     On Apr 1, 2009, at 9:21 AM, Brad Rellinger wrote:
> 
>         Hello,
> 
>         This is a feature request - but I was looking for a way to do
>         this today.
> 
>         It would be nice if Casper Remote would automatically do a
>         Wake-on-LAN
>         if it fails to initially get an SSH connection - that way the
>         computer
>         would be awake when it retries SSH.
> 
>         Just a thought.
>         --------
>         Brad Rellinger
>         Technology Specialist
>         Anthony Wayne Schools K-12
>         aw_aca_bre at nwoca.org
> 
>         Miles Leacy wrote:
> 
>             I don't recall anything specifically in the Casper tools,
>             however, if
>             you define a maintenance window, you could use a pmset
>             script to ensure
>             computers are on and awake at a certain time.
> 
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> 
> 
> 
>             2009/1/8 Nichols, Jared <jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu
>             <mailto:jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu>
>             <mailto:jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu>>>
> 
>                 Is there any mechanism that folks know of to do wake on
>             lan in
>                 Casper?  I can't seem to find anything in the
>             documentation.  Or, do
>                 folks leave this up to ARD?
> 
>                 Thanks!
> 
>                 j
>                 --
>                 Jared Nichols
>                 ISD Infrastructure and Operations – Desktop Engineering
>                 MIT Lincoln Laboratory
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