Sunday, March 1, 2026

GA-970A-DS3P FX wake on lan not working on Lubuntu

Looks like WOL is Enabled by default, if Erp Disabled, and MB is made solely for Windows, where WOL is enabled in driver. Enabled Power On By Mouse, Power On By Keyboard just in case... No lights on LAN port but 2.5W power draw... If CPU Turbo mode is enabled, 3.5W power draw...

https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-970A-DS3P-FX-rev-21

Windows 8 Features > Other OS

CSM Support > Never

Boot Mode Selection > UEFI and Legacy

LAN PXE Boot Option ROM > Disabled

Storage Boot Option Control > Disabled

Network stack > Disabled

IOMMU Controller > Enabled


ON REMOTE/TARGER/HOST/SERVER PC:

sudo nano /etc/default/grub

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=""

sudo update-grub


sudo apt install openssh-server -y

sudo systemctl enable --now ssh


ip link

sudo ethtool enp3s0 | grep Wake

        Supports Wake-on: pumbg

        Wake-on: d

sudo ethtool -s enp3s0 wol g

sudo ethtool enp3s0 | grep Wake

        Supports Wake-on: pumbg

        Wake-on: g

sudo poweroff

BUT IF REBOOT > Wake-on: d > sudo poweroff > Wake-on: d


nmcli connection show

sudo nmcli connection modify "Wired connection 1" 802-3-ethernet.wake-on-lan magic

sudo nmcli connection down "Wired connection 1" && sudo nmcli connection up "Wired connection 1"


Alternatives:

Option A — NetworkManager

Create a dispatcher script:

sudo nano /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/99-wol

Put:

#!/bin/sh

ethtool -s eth0 wol g

Make executable:

sudo chmod +x /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/99-wol

Reboot and check:

ethtool eth0 | grep Wake


Option B — systemd service

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/wol.service

[Unit]

Description=Enable Wake-on-LAN

[Service]

Type=oneshot

ExecStart=/usr/sbin/ethtool -s eth0 wol g

[Install]

WantedBy=multi-user.target

sudo systemctl enable wol.service


ON CLIENT PC:

sudo apt install wakeonlan

wakeonlan [MAC_ADDRESS]

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