PS3 Wake-On-Lan HOWTO 2011.04.14 Copyright (c) 2008 Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Copyright 2008 Sony Corporation Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License". DISCLAIMER THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED "AS IS," AND COPYRIGHT HOLDERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR TITLE; THAT THE CONTENTS OF THE DOCUMENT ARE SUITABLE FOR ANY PURPOSE; NOR THAT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SUCH CONTENTS WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY THIRD PARTY PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS, TRADEMARKS OR OTHER RIGHTS. COPYRIGHT HOLDERS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF ANY USE OF THE DOCUMENT OR THE PERFORMANCE OR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONTENTS THEREOF. TRADEMARK NOTICE "PLAYSTATION" and "PS3" are registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. "Cell Broadband Engine" is a trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Linux® is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the U.S. and other countries. Other company, product and service names may be registered trademarks, trademarks or service marks of others. ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT This note describes how to use the PS3 Other OS Wake-On-Lan feature introduced in system firmware 2.20. You can always find the latest version of this document, and some other useful technical documents here: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/geoff/cell/ Please send comments to . PS3 WAKE-ON-LAN HOWTO The PS3 Other OS Wake-On-Lan feature uses a standard network MagicPacket to turn on the PS3. The default Linux shutdown procedure does not enable this feature, i.e. you have to re-enable Wake-On-Lan after each boot-up. Other OS Wake-On-Lan support was added in PS3 firmware update 2.20, and Linux kernel support was added in linux-2.6.26-rc2. 1) View the Wake-On-Lan status [@ps3]# ethtool eth0 Settings for eth0: Supports Wake-on: g Wake-on: d Notes: g = Wake on MagicPacket(tm) d = Disable. This option clears all previous options. 2) Enable Wake-On-Lan [@ps3]# ethtool -s eth0 wol g [@ps3]# ethtool eth0 3) Determine PS3 MAC address Each PS3 has a unique Ethernet MAC address, and it must be used when sending the MagicPacket. Use the value reported with the etherwake utility. [@ps3]# ifconfig eth0 | grep HWaddr eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff 4) Shutdown PS3 Any method that does a proper Linux shutdown will put the stystem into stand-by mode and allow the system to wake up via a MagicPacket. Any of these methods will work: [@ps3]# shutdown -h now [@ps3]# shutdown [@ps3]# poweroff - Press the power button Notes: - If system power is removed or the main power switch is turned off while in stand-by mode the Wake-On-Lan feature will be disabled. - When the Wake-On-Lan feature is enabled additional hardware devices will remain powered on when in stand-by mode. The PS3 will consume more power than when the Wake-On-Lan feature is not enabled. 5) Wake up PS3 From a remote host on the same subnet as the PS3: [@host]# etherwake -i ethX aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff Notes: - ethX is the host's network device on the same subnet as the PS3. Replace ethX with the proper network device on your host system. - aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff is the Ethernet MAC address of the PS3.