OS X Lion no longer wakes on lan to share external drive

I have an Air and a Mini, both running Lion. The Mini has an external hard drive connected that it uses for Time Machine. That hard drive is also shared on the network so that the Air can automatically mount it and back up to it as well. This was working great under Snow Leopard, even automatically waking the Mini to share the drive as necessary.
After installing Lion, the Air's backup only works if the Mini happens to be awake already. If the Mini is asleep, the Air gives an error: "The backup disk could not be found."
The Mini is connected by wire to the router, which the Air connects to wirelessly. The Mini is set to wake on LAN in its preferences, and the Air automatically mounts the drive when it is available, just not when the Mini is asleep. How do I make sure that the Mini wakes up properly for file sharing?

You won't get wake-on-LAN working under Lion because it is broken, and has been since Lion 10.7.1
It's been reported by lots of people, including me, but Apple continue to advertise it as one of 250 new Lion features here, under networking / low power wake.
http://www.apple.com/macosx/whats-new/features.html
Your options are revert to Snow Leoard, leave you mac switched on all the time or buy a PC
Hope this helps
Jon.

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Hy ,
My mac pro (SL 10.6.8) wakes up every minutes when I use wake on lan and I share one of my Hard Drive.
When I unplug the ethernet cable it doesn't wake any more so I suppose that some thing wakes it up on my network ( 1 printer canon MP620, 2 mac books, 2 iPads, 2 IPhones and 2 time capsules !) ...even when all these devices are "sleeping"
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PS .: I'm french so my english is probably quite strange ! ... Sorry for that

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Hi - I'm not sure what happened here, and I'm hoping someone can help. Basically, we are starting to film library programs for local TV. A colleague at the high school with a lot of experience was kind enough to buy us a mybook external drive (one terabyte!) to store our video and audio files. We use an iMac and two eMacs for the teen digital film club and have also just been given a white macbook specifically for production. So -
We (my teen assistant and I) had been able to move files over to the drive manually before. But, on getting the macbook, I got some raw film footage onto it, edited it, and then wanted to get that film onto the mybook in order to make room for a second hour of film to be edited on the macbook. But -
As I tried to show my colleague how to connect the external drive to the macbook, some message came up very quickly - did I want to use the mybook to back up the macbook using Time Machine? I tried to click "no" - there was a scary warning about losing all the info on the drive, and I did not want that to happen! I just wanted to be able to move stuff between the computers and the drive, as we have been doing. I don't know what I did wrong, but, after connecting the drive to the macbook, there is an empty file on the external drive which has the same name as the new macbook, and we can no longer copy anything manually. How can I correct this?

Just to let everyone know: my problem is solved - after a fashion.
When I contacted customer support, I got told the formatting of the drive was not a problem; they sent them out this way so they would be universally compatible. But, since we were sharing the drive between macs, the tech support person thought it would be a good idea to reformat it. He also explained that the original formatting didn't allow transfers of more than 4 gigs - a problem for us, since we are regularly working with larger files.
So he told us how to reformat using disc utility in Leopard. And then we discovered our second problem. The disc could not be reformatted. Nor could it be verified or repaired. It is too damaged to use.
We now have a case number and therefore should be able to replace the hard drive. So that's what happened.

Why does it take so long to start recording from my external drive?

I know the question its a bit long, I just wanna know why does it happen, or better what can I do so it stop happening...
I mean when Im recording using the drive from my macbook, it would not delay to start recording, but when Im working with the external drive and put it to record it takes like 40 seconds before its starts recording...
Im still learning so, please someone reply this concern ...
thanks

+Im working with the external drive+
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http://maczealots.com/articles/home/
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The location I want it to use is this (and indeed, this is what is set in the NetInfo Manager):
/Volumes/Drive 2/Users/user
I also noticed in Disk Utility that the mount point for Disk 2 is "/Volumes/Disk 2 1" When it should be "/Volumes/Disk 2" That is, there's an extra "1" at the end of the name. I read else where that the mount point can get messed up when the computer tries to a unmounted disk.
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mac mini duo-core (intel) Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Yes.
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Wake on Lan works with Ethernet, not over Wi-Fi.

Hello, after several months of tests I came to this conclusion.
Wake on Lan only works with Ethernet for my iMac. Wake on Lan over Wi-Fi works for a few hours, but if the iMac is asleep for 6 hours or so, it becomes unavailable... On the other hand, with Ethernet it's always available even if it sleeps for an entire week.
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I prefer to use Wake on Lan over Wi-Fi because for the tests I've placed my iMac in the living room in order to plug it to the Time Capsule, but the right place for my iMac is in my bedroom.
I tried to change the MTU size as it is described here: http://osxdaily.com/2012/08/02/fix-os-x-mountain-lion-wireless-connection-proble ms/
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loïcfernandezcastrillon wrote:
I'm connected with the WiFi of my Time Capsule (bridge mode). I have this configuration since Snow Leopard, and no troubles...
I understand that, but if your router is not an Apple AirPort Base Station then it introduces an element of uncertainty. Apple has implemented many changes related to wireless networking recently.
You are complicating matters by changing networkoversleep:
networkoversleep - this setting affects how OS X networking presents shared network services during system sleep. This setting is not used by all platforms; changing its value is unsupported.
Solving problems like this requires that you simplify your network environment and eliminate its unknowns. Using third party routers and making unsupported changes runs counter to simplification.
The iMac stays connected to the Time Capsule about 6 hours during sleep. Then it dissapears...
The iMac wakes periodically (every few hours) to inform your router of its network presence for Wake on LAN demands. Try changing your router's DHCP lease period to something longer than a few hours. For a home environment, a few days is more appropriate. This may not solve the problem, but it is better than making unsupported changes to your system.

Time Machine can't find external drive after installing Lion

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Does the drive work when just directly connected? If so, have you prepped the drive?
Extended Hard Drive Preparation
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Hi there,
I have the majority of my apps installed on an external hdd, I have just installed Lion, however none of the apps from my external drive are present, the folder is there ok in the dock and they all seem to be working, but how can I add them so that they are displayed in Launchpad?
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Tommy

Old question, but I have the answer (or at least, one workaround): make a launcher app on your internal drive, which in turn launches each external app. For what it's worth:
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3. Drag the desired app from your external drive onto the button for choosing an application.
4. Save the newly-created launcher app somewhere on your internal drive. Suggested name: the same as the external application (or else a shorter version of the name, which may fit better in Launchpad).
5. Optional--make the icon look right: Get Info on the external app in the Finder. Select the small icon thumbnail at top-left and Copy. Then Get Info on the new internal launcher app, select the small icon, and Paste.
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Repeat for all the apps you need. A hassle, but only once!

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i have a some what similar problem with getting the extended display to show up when waking the 'display' (and not the macbook pro itself) from sleep. i am repling here because u might have this same problem and not the problem of waking it up from sleep itself. is what happens...
i have macbook pro connected to my bravia lcd in clamshell.
i wake it up with apple remote.
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waking it up from mobile mouse por doesnt work
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Hi recently I updated to Build 9926 and since then Wake On LAN WOL no longer works! Before the update, everything was ok.
Is this a known issue?
Thanks

Hi recently I updated to Build 9926 and since then Wake On LAN WOL no longer works! Before the update, everything was ok.
Is this a known issue?
Thanks
I presume it is caused by booting process.
After updating to Build 9926 from the older Build, two entries have been created in bootloader, i.e. there exist Windows Technical Preview and Windows Rollback. (see picture)
Even if WOL sends magic packets to PC that is powered off, these packets does not reach Windows, since Windows does not run yet at that time.
In order for WOL to work when PC is powered off, I think "Windows Rollback" entry should be deleted.
Sorry I have not done it yet, and hope someone give us better information.

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Since installing Lion and after update to 10.7.4, Mac book Air no longer wakes from sleep. Have to hold pwr key for a few seconds and restart. Tried resetting SMC and PRAM but no effect.

Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)
If there's no change, do as follows.
Please read this whole message before doing anything.
This procedure is a diagnostic test. It’s unlikely to solve your problem. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
The purpose of the test is to determine whether the problem is caused by third-party software that loads automatically at startup or login, or by a peripheral device.
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Using verizon wifi fios router - need to wake on lan mountain lion

There is a lot of discussion about this issue, but other than using apple routers, I haven't seen a way to get this to work: I want to wake up my local macmini w/ mountain lion from my other macs. I have the settings set up to do it on the macs, but it is not getting through the network. Probably has to do with a setting in the router, but I need help to know how to do that. Thanks.
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If it's useful, here's a write-up on wake on LAN and related topics from a while back, with links to various other documents, tools and mechanisms.
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Is it possible to "wake on lan" my MacBook Air (Lion) via a DDWRT router?

Hi guys,
I'm trying to wake my MacBook Air via my router Buffalo DDWRT, but using WOL features my MacBook Air doesn't wake up.
Do you have any suggestion? Should it work?
Many thanks!!!
Stefano

Once you are 'inside' your LAN via VPN you should have no trouble waking up sleeping PPC or Intel desktop Macs. You will not be able to power them on from a shutdown/powered-off state as this capability is not available in those machines. WOL from a power-off state is only available on LOM-enabled XServes.
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http://sourceforge.net/projects/wake-on-lan/
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