Windows PC wakes up from hibernation randomly (probably due to windows fileshare)

Petr Krautwurst 6 Reputation points
2022-04-15T06:42:00.483+00:00

Hi,

I have three PCs. The main one (which I'm talking about) uses Windows, another Windows too. And the third one has dual boot - Windows and Linux.
On the main PC I have Win file share set up. Other PC's have the shared folders mounted.
Now what's the problem - when I put the main PC to sleep while any of the other PC's are still running (tried several times for both Win and Linux), the main PC randomly wakes up.
Tried powercfg /lastwake - it said it was my Ethernet card.
When I put the main PC to sleep after I shut down others, it doesn't wake up.
Is there a way to fix this without disabling WOL?

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  1. Petr Krautwurst 6 Reputation points
    2022-05-29T08:24:56.037+00:00

    A bit late (forgot to reply here), but the "Only allow a magic packet to wake the computer" worked for me.
    https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/stop-your-computer-from-randomly-waking-up-from-sleep-mode?msclkid=008ced4dbcfd11ec9d1d9735f4451d5b

    Thank you for help.


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