Wake On Lan help

Had3s · 22 Oct 2007 at 19:27

Anyone got this working? I'd like to be able to remotely turn on a home machine from work to access some files if need be.
I gather some BIOS settings need enabled, and also some software is required.

Anyone had any success?

Duke · 22 Oct 2007 at 19:31

A quick search came up with this site - http://www.depicus.com/wake-on-lan/

Had3s · 22 Oct 2007 at 19:33

Cheers Duke, checking it out now

waso_dude · 22 Oct 2007 at 20:05

Dyna-DNS is handy mate, expesh if your IP is forever changing

Had3s · 22 Oct 2007 at 21:54

Balls. it won't wake. might be the router's firewall blocking the port. I'll have to investigate.

sidethink · 23 Oct 2007 at 08:49

Most routers won't pass Wake On Lan packets.

You generally need to telnet or otherwise connect to a device on the edge of your network and use it's built in WoL capability.

Some of the new 3rd party firmwares for routers include the ability.

hybrid · 23 Oct 2007 at 09:18

Just forward a UDP port to the machine you want to fire up.

Trifid · 23 Oct 2007 at 09:26

hybrid said:
Just forward a UDP port to the machine you want to fire up.

Don't you need to forward a broadcast address? Which most routers don't allow.

hybrid · 23 Oct 2007 at 17:12

True but the guy ain't said what router he's using yet. I know some routers block the traffic but i'm just stating thats how you do it.