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Computer wakes up

L1 Bithead

Hello,

My laptop which is couple of months ol runs win 10 is constantly turning on when in sleep mode. Any advice and what causes this?

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Cyber Elite
Cyber Elite

Hi @WillAlt

 

 

The laptop probably has WoL (wake on lan) enabled, this makles the computer wake up when it receives a speciually crafted magic packet

 

you can set an interface in TAP mode on your Palo Alto NEtworks firewall, and hook it to a span port on the switch to listen for activitry, which hopefully will reveal the source of this packet

Tom Piens
PANgurus - Strata specialist; config reviews, policy optimization

L7 Applicator

From the command prompt, run powercfg.exe -lastwake

 

this will tell you what is waking your device.

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