Wake on Lan problems

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wildest_jjk

wildest_jjk

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Hey guys,

I did post in another area, but figured it's probably best here.

I am trying to implement wake on lan but I am not being very successful. I have port forwarded ports 7 and 9 on my thomson router to my PC and I have also checked to see if the ethernet adapter is enabled for WOL.

I am still unsuccessful and think it might be something to do with the motherboard? But I can't find a BIOS option.

What do you guys think?

Thanks :)
 
I would try getting WOL working on you LAN first before trying it over the Internet.

What motherboard do you have?
 
I suggest doing what HEADRAT suggested, make sure you can get WOL working within a LAN environment first, that way you can check if it is the computer not configured for WOL, or the router not passing on the WOL packet.
 
There's a freeware WOL Packet Sniffer you can run on the target PC - that will tell you if it's getting the magic packet or not.
 
Thanks for all of the responses.

The motherboard is an MSI P67A-GD65. I have tried a packet sniffer and it sometimes detects the packet. However this was using the public IP is this right?

What software/websites do you guys recommend?

Thanks
 
No don't think that's right, your PC will be connected to the LAN side of your network not the Internet side, you're probably using a 192.168.xxx.xxx on your LAN.

Just found this, it's not specific to your router but it might give you some tips:-

http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/WOL

HEADRAT
 
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Right so I have made some progress having enabled the 'Wake up from PCI or PCI-e' setting in the BIOS.

I am now able to wake up my computer from sleep mode but only sometimes from shutdown. I am really not sure why this is though?

These are the settings that I have been using.

WOL-1.png


Any help is greatly appreciated,

Thanks :)
 
Host IP would be like 182.168.1.255 and subnet 255.255.255.0
Those settings would work on the LAN assuming u are using that IP range

To do it over the Internet you need to have a router than can port forward to the broadcast address, I have not been able to find one, but you can use 3rd party firmwares which I believe work, but I have no experience with.

I have a synology NAS and a WOL PHP script that executes within the network
 
I use WOL.

I have a batch file that runs the following
C:\WolCmd\WolCmd.exe 1C6F65C22B0E 192.168.1.8 255.255.255.0 7
Click to expand...

WOLCMD > www.depicus.com/wake-on-lan/wake-on-lan-cmd.aspx

The syntax is as follows: wolcmd [mac address] [ip address] [subnet mask] [port number]

Works without a prob, just make sure you use the MAC Addy.
Forget the whole port forwarding bit, it aint needed.

Your bios settings seem right, but check in windows (if you are using windows) device manager to see if the WOL/Magic Packet malarky is enabled.

Oh and one last thing, grab the latest drivers for your NIC.

Good luck.
 
Thanks for the responses.

Will this batch file method work over the Internet then? Because surely it is the same principle? If the router doesn't allow it, it isn't going to work?

Cheers.
 
Right....

install logmein on the pc you want to use WOL on, then shutdown the pc.

goto another pc else where in the world and login to logmein.com

switch on pc using "switch on" link.

job done.

As much as i like helping people out, sometimes mate you have to think for yourself and give things a try once in a while.
 
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