aTV Flash (Black) 2.0 Media Player does not wake Mac via AFP

Legacy 2nd gen Apple TV
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Hi,

it seems that aTV Flash (Black) 2.0 Media Player does not wake a Mac running Mountain Lion 10.8.2 from sleep when accessing it via AFP.

As far as I remember, this used to work in the past.

The machine will power up though if it receives a WakeOnLan (WOL) packet from another host, but not if Mediaplayer 2.0 tries to access it via AFP.

Cheers,

 Olaf

2

Can you check to ensure the ‘Wake for network access’ option is checked in your Mac’s System Preferences > Energy Saver menu?

3

Hi James,

yes, “Wake for network access” is checked.

Olaf

4

This is also one of my main annoyances with media player.

 

My iMac is setup to wake on network activity under energy settings.

Both devices are connected via ethernet once i walk to my mac it is then able to connect.

 

If i try to connect to my iMac using my Macbook the iMac wakes up fine, this works even if the iMac has been asleep for days.

5

You may try removing and re-configuring the share in question. It’s possible that if the share was setup prior to Wake-on-Lan support being added in version 1.6 (early June) the existing share may not be able to wake the device.

6

Ive tried that which still did not work.

7

Hi James,

 

sorry for the delay: I did try removing and re-adding the share but unfortunately that did not help: the Mac does not wake up on access.

Am I supposed to see a WOL package whenever I access a share in Mediaplayer?

 

Cheers,

 Olaf