ATV 2 and " wake up on demand" fixed for me

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ATV 2 and " wake up on demand" fixed for me

There are a lot of of references to this all over the ATV forum and I thought it merited a topic of it's own. I was having lots of wake up problems ( getting my ATV to wake up my MacBook and / iMac under the computers menu )

This fixed it for me. Read this very very carefully

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3774?viewlocale=en_US

I wish I had - particularly the bit about

Setting up Wake on Demand

To properly configure your network and devices for Wake on Demand, follow the steps below.

Setting up a Bonjour Sleep Proxy on your AirPort Base Station or Time Capsule

Install firmware 7.4.2 or later on your AirPort Base Station with 802.11n or Time Capsule to enable it to act as the Bonjour Sleep Proxy. Once installed, your AirPort Base Station or Time Capsule will make itself available as a Bonjour Sleep Proxy to other devices on your network with no other configuration necessary.

Setting up a Mac with Sharing enabled

Only a Mac running Mac OS X v10.6 can Wake on Demand. New Macs ship with Wake on Demand enabled by default, but for some earlier Macs this option must be enabled using the steps below. Macs that have Wake on Demand enabled will occasionally wake for a brief time, without lighting the screen, in order to maintain registrations with the Bonjour Sleep Proxy. On some Macs, sounds from the optical drive, hard drive, or fans may be heard during these brief maintenance wakes.

Additionally, portable Macs with Wake on Demand enabled will only wake on demand if they are plugged into power and either the built-in display is open or an external display is attached.

To enable Wake on Demand on a Mac running Snow Leopard:

From the Apple menu, choose System Preferences.
From the View menu choose Energy Saver.
Select (check) "Wake for network access". Note: The "Wake for network access" option's text may differ depending on the capabilities of your Mac:
Wake for network access - Your Mac supports Wake on Demand over both Ethernet and AirPort
Wake for Ethernet network access - Your Mac supports Wake on Demand over Ethernet only
Wake for AirPort network access - Your Mac supports Wake on Demand over AirPort only

The wireless network you use with Wake on Demand should be the first wireless network in your list of Preferred Networks. The wireless network priority can be set within the Network pane of System Preferences using the following steps:

From the Apple menu, choose System Preferences.
From the View menu choose Network.
Select AirPort from the list of network interfaces.
Click the Advanced button.
In the Preferred Networks list, click and drag the name of your network that uses Wake on Demand to the top of this list.
Click OK to save the settings.

Powerbook G4 12, Macbook Pro 15" 2 Ghz, iMac G5,20,BT, 250GB, 1GB RAM,, Mac OS X (10.5.2)

Posted on Jan 2, 2011 4:40 PM

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Answer 1

RT11 guru

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Jan 5, 2011 6:57 AM in response to Neil Phillips

Helpful information (which I had previously bookmarked). How about the reverse; iTunes or Airplay waking the ATV from standby? I have found that I have to wake the ATV with the remote (I think it can also be done with the Remote app) before I can stream music. I don't recall any setting to implement "wake on network access" in the ATV settings menu.

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newagemac

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Jan 5, 2011 8:47 AM in response to RT11 guru

Well the reverse is supposed to work as well. Mine does. Airplay wakes up my ATV from sleep. From both the iPhone and the Mac. But I set my AppleTV to "never sleep" recently because there's really no point to sleeping the device unless you have some type of HDMI switch that requires it to switch inputs correctly.

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Neil Phillips Author

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Jan 5, 2011 3:58 PM in response to newagemac

I've never had the reverse problem because I do use an hdmi switch with a programmed remote for all my electronics so " switch on ATV" actually switches on the TV, sets the TV input, changes the hdmi switch to the ATV. That wakes up the ATV.

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GlynC

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Sep 21, 2011 1:20 PM in response to Neil Phillips

Using the inet app, I can see that apple tv 2 has a sleep proxy server running on it, do will I still need a airport base station or time machine in order to use wireless wake on demand (between atv2 and MacBook pro, atv2 wired into linksys router, MacBook pro wireless to router).

Thanks,

Glyn

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Answer 5

Nov 10, 2011 2:11 PM in response to GlynC

In iCloud I have Back to My Mac enabled on my home MacBook Pro. I have an Apple TV 2 and a Motorola SBG-6580 Gateway on my home network. I am logged into iCloud using the same Apple ID on my work iMac and have Back to My Mac enabled. I noticed (accidentally) that I am now able to see both my home Mac and my work Mac on their respective networks in Finder. I am also able to use Screen Sharing (Back to My Mac).

So to answer your question, you don't need an Airport or Time Machine if you have an Apple TV 2 on the network. It will act as the Bonjour Sleep Proxy Server.

I also forgot to mention that the MacBook Pro at home is using Wireless Wake on Demand.

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GlynC

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Nov 10, 2011 2:18 PM in response to taliancich

Hi, thanks. How are you sleeping your MBP? Are you just closing the lid?

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Answer 7

Nov 10, 2011 5:05 PM in response to GlynC

It's hooked up to a 22" Cinema Display so it's in clamshell mode all of the time. Let me know if you are having a particular issue and I will try to help.

Another observation: I think the only reason I am able to see my work iMac from home is that someone in my subnet of the University network happens to have installed an Airport Base Station that I can see from my iMac.

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GlynC

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Nov 11, 2011 10:48 AM in response to taliancich

I have a couple issues:

1. If I leave the MBP lid closed it immediately goes back to sleep after being woken up.

2. I can only wake the MBP using the iPhone's Remote app. Switching on the ATV2 doesn't wake the MBP nor does going to 'computers'. In both cases I cannot see my library.

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Answer 9

Nov 15, 2011 6:26 AM in response to GlynC

@GlynC:

Is your MBP hooked up to an External Display? If not, you must leave your MBP open, otherwise it will go to sleep whether you want it to or not.

In regards to question #2, I had this problem off and on, until various updates for both the Apple TV 2, iTunes and Lion seemed to iron out the issue. I did find that turning Home Sharing on and off sometimes fixed the issue.

Read http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3774 re: Wireless WOD if you haven't already. Make sure your MBP can do this since you connected it wirelessly. I am assuming you already have since the Remote App can WOD your MBP.

Also read http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1109 re: Back to my Mac if you haven't already. Pay particular attention to turning off sleep mode for Back to My Mac.

Make sure UPnP is enabled in your router.

I have more ideas, but if you could confirm all of this first, we can go from there.

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mstrings

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Jan 26, 2012 8:36 PM in response to Neil Phillips

I am having trouble waking - In the original post on setting up comment was, "Select AirPort from the list of network interfaces."

I don't have have "airport".

Does that mean my network is setup incorrectly somehow?

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