core: Wake on LAN switch stopped working

The problem

I had created a WOL switch and it was working perfectly. After an update to 9.0 it stopped working and has not worked since.

What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue?

core-2023.9.3

What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core?

core-2023.8.3

What type of installation are you running?

Home Assistant Supervised

Integration causing the issue

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Link to integration documentation on our website

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Diagnostics information

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Example YAML snippet

wake_on_lan:

switch:
  - platform: wake_on_lan
    mac: MAC ADDRESS
    name: "WOL"

Anything in the logs that might be useful for us?

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Additional information

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About this issue

Original URL
State: closed
Created 9 months ago
Comments: 16 (5 by maintainers)

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ntilley905 on Oct 14, 2023

Thanks Eric. Found the solution. I finally checked and my Ethernet port’s lights were not on when it was connected. My tower has a physical ON and OFF switch. I simply turned it off, then back on and the ethernet port’s lights turned on…voila! Switch works now smh

Max6993109 on Oct 12, 2023