
For more information on the PnPCapabilities, see Information about Power Management Settings. WoWLAN can be disabled via the PnPCapabilities registry key.

For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. This section contains steps to modify the registry. Powercfg command-line options of importance include:.You can still go to Device Manager and re-enable the setting.

The WoWLAN setting gets disabled but does not become grayed out. The Powercfg.exe tool comes installed with Microsoft Windows. Use the Powercfg.exe tool to control a device’s power settings on Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10. This section is for advanced users and IT Administrators who need to apply the change across many systems.

Is WoWLAN the same as Connected Standby or Modern Standby? The packet arrives over the wireless network in order for it to wake up the system. WoWLAN-enabled computers look for a pre-defined packet (for example, magic packet). This protocol uses the Wi-Fi network card, when connected to a Wi-Fi network.

WoWLAN is an industry standard protocol for waking up computers remotely from a low-power state. The mitigation described here has not been validated with the adapters end-of-life'd earlier than 2014. Intel Centrino Wireless Adapters not listed above were end-of-life'd before 2014. The listed Intel Centrino® Wireless Adapters were end-of-life'd in 20. These products do not have planned software updates.ĭisabling the Wake-on-Wireless-LAN functionality (WoWLAN) is considered a reasonable mitigation against CVE-2017-13080, CVE-2017-13081 and CVE-2017-5729.
