Technical Tip: How to use the FortiGate to wake a PC from sleep at a specified time and interval
| Description | This article describes how to use the FortiGate to wake a PC from sleep using a script at a specified interval. |
| Scope | FortiOS. |
| Solution | It is possible to wake a PC from sleep by using the FortiGate's built in Wake On LAN command alongside an automation stitch.
Make a new trigger and specify the time and date to wake the PC. In the screenshot, it will trigger daily at 7AM.
  Navigate to the 'Action' tab, create a new action, then select 'CLI Script' near the bottom.
  Fill out the name, and for the script contents, use the following command (change the details as necessary):
execute wake-on-lan <interface_or_port> <host_MAC_address> <protocol> <port> <IP_address> <password>
  Navigate to the 'Stitch' tab, create a new stitch, then select the Trigger and Action that was just made.
It is possible to see that the PC specified in that command will have a wake-on-lan packet sent to it every day at 7AM.  |






