[SOLVED] How to enable wake up on WLAN for a USB wireless adapter ?

[knowledge2121]

I have this adapter, The wake up on LAN is enabled in BIOS...But the option to wake the computer is grayed out:

https://ibb.co/WgvBzCC

I guess my USB adapter does not support this ? Any other way to wake up the computer ?

I am sharing(through network) a printer attached to a Windows 10 PC with my other Linux computer .. When I print something on my Linux box while the Windows PC is sleeping, I want the Windows PC to wake up and start printing...How do I achieve this ?

 

[Barty1884]

Do you also have USB devices as able to wake? For Wo-WLAN to function from a USB adapter, you'd also need USB devices to be able to wake the system....

 

[knowledge2121]

Do you also have USB devices as able to wake? For Wo-WLAN to function from a USB adapter, you'd also need USB devices to be able to wake the system....

Everything under Universal serial bus controllers has the wake option grayed out...

 

[Barty1884]

In Windows, or the BIOS?

 

[knowledge2121]

In Windows, or the BIOS?

In Windows.

 

[Barty1884]

In Windows.

Try in the BIOS?

 

[Alabalcho]

Several things must happen in order for this to work:

• Your computer should be able to be woken by USB activity (eg mouse / keyboard)
• your USB adapter must remain powered and support this function
• it is called "Wake on LAN" for a reason.

It might be just easier / cheaper to get a WiFI print server.

 

[kanewolf]

Several things must happen in order for this to work:

• Your computer should be able to be woken by USB activity (eg mouse / keyboard)
• your USB adapter must remain powered and support this function
• it is called "Wake on LAN" for a reason.

It might be just easier / cheaper to get a WiFI print server.

I agree. Either a dedicated print server of use a Raspberry PI that just stays on.