Internet not waking during sleep

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Internet not waking during sleep

Hi, I have a 2008 iMac, and when I used to put the display to sleep (ctrl-shift-eject), my computer would stay connected to the internet. I keep IRC open most of the time, so whenever the computer goes to sleep after a little while of display sleep, the internet will cut out and I get disconnected from the servers. Any ideas how to fix it?

In energy saver, I do have "Wake for network access" checked. I connect to the internet via an ethernet cable.

Thanks!

24" iMac 2.8 GHz 2 TB HD 4GB RAM 6 MB L2 cache, Mac OS X (10.6.4),  Designed By Apple in Cupertino California 

Posted on Jul 28, 2012 9:28 AM

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DANTH

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Jul 28, 2012 9:21 PM in response to funman895

I have exactly the same problem with a late 2009 iMac. Same Energy Saver setting and also connect via Ethernet. All networking stops on sleep unlike with Lion.

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lungboy

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Jul 30, 2012 4:23 AM in response to DANTH

Having the same problem on a 2011 MBP. Can't leave the laptop downloading overnight any longer, now the internet gets turned off completely even if there are active downloads.

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Disrupts

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Jul 30, 2012 7:33 PM in response to funman895

Having this problem iMac late 2009

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joda1956

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Aug 5, 2012 11:32 PM in response to funman895

Same issue with a 2011 iMac 21,5'.

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Aug 17, 2012 5:22 AM in response to funman895

I'm having the same issue with a 2008 iMac.There's a discussion of it here: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4160837?answerId=19106516022#19106516022

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Mar 19, 2014 5:59 AM in response to funman895

that is soooo anoyying 😟

please see my thread: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6010624?tstart=0

i am having a very similar issue: WOL works great in my own WIFI but not from the outside.

the heck is hard to implement this right, apple. srsly :/

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Eric Root

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Mar 19, 2014 10:35 AM in response to braindeath

Apple doesn’t routinely monitor the discussions.

Send Apple feedback. They won't answer, but at least will know there is a problem. If enough people send feedback, it may get the problem solved sooner.

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