Wake on LAN

Klunt Bumskrint · 7 Oct 2023 at 11:57

Several times over the years I've attempted to setup WOL unsuccessfully, I've never managed it. I've just upgraded some things and want to I want to try again but this time ACTUALLY GET IT WORKING. I want be able to turn my PC on from anywhere using my phone or laptop and just have it work. Are there any good apps anyone can recommend? Any good tutorials that you know work? Anybody wanna call me and talk me through it..... :cry:

My router is the ROG GT-AX11000

Where do I start?

Si MPS · 9 Oct 2023 at 07:29

What OS are you running? You should only really need to enable WOL in your BIOS if it’s a windows machine, and make sure the flag is flipped in your NIC driver in windows. (Slightly different flag in Linux).

There are too many apps to count though, pick whichever free one you can for your phone etc.

Important to note that WOL packets are layer 2, to get them to work at layer 3 will require more work. This means, you’ll need to WOL off your LAN or something connected to your LAN.

Klunt Bumskrint · 9 Oct 2023 at 08:19

See that's the thing, I want to do it remotely. Running windows 11. I'm doing it wireless from stand by and it works if I'm connected to the network but that's no use to me.

doodah · 9 Oct 2023 at 09:12

Completely hit and miss with me. I managed to get it working for a brief period through AnyDesk (had to revert back to an older version). And I think I must have had a new install of W11 and been unable to get it to work properly since.

joey1211 · 9 Oct 2023 at 09:16

Log into your router and see if there's a WOL function there. Mine is under Applications > Wake on LAN, though it is a Draytek fancy one.

You'll then need to allow access to it from outside your network and send the WOL packet from there.

Klunt Bumskrint · 9 Oct 2023 at 13:29

If I connect to my router using the weblink here via my phone it just doesn't load. It's 2023 you'd think this would just be another built in option

joey1211 · 9 Oct 2023 at 13:34

What browser on what device?

Jamin280672 · 9 Oct 2023 at 14:47

All I had to do was turn on WOL in my bios, (Asus motherboard) and enable it on my router, my PC is hard wired to my router, the router is an Asus TUF AX4200, and then just download the Asus AiCloud software onto my phone, I can completely control the router, turn my PC on and access my files from anywhere using mobile data

Klunt Bumskrint · 9 Oct 2023 at 16:09

joey1211 said:
What browser on what device?

S23 Ultra and Google chrome

joey1211 · 9 Oct 2023 at 16:39

Does it work if you connect directly via the external IP address?

Jamin280672 · 9 Oct 2023 at 17:16

Klunt Bumskrint said:
S23 Ultra and Google chrome

Ive just had a look at your router, its basically the same firmware as mine, just access the router and turn on Smart Access in AiCloud 2.0, then download the AiCloud 2 app from playstore, and turn on WOL in the bios, job done.

Klunt Bumskrint · 9 Oct 2023 at 17:30

joey1211 said:
Does it work if you connect directly via the external IP address?

It tries to login but just refreshed back to the login page

Jamin280672 said:
Ive just had a look at your router, its basically the same firmware as mine, just access the router and turn on Smart Access in AiCloud 2.0, then download the AiCloud 2 app from playstore, and turn on WOL in the bios, job done.

I'll give that a go

Klunt Bumskrint · 9 Oct 2023 at 17:43

Well that worked a treat. Thanks Jammin

Klunt Bumskrint · 9 Oct 2023 at 19:26

Great, now it's turning on by itself :cry:

Jamin280672 · 9 Oct 2023 at 20:48

Klunt Bumskrint said:
Great, now it's turning on by itself

??? mine doesnt do that, have you set the Advanced settings - Network Tools - Wake on LAN back to defaults ? ive not configured that part at all, it just works with the AICloud 2 Smart Access enabled, maybe something in that advanced section is tripping it on, just delete the MAC address from the target device and remove it from the offline list if its in there.

bledd · 10 Oct 2023 at 18:28

First step, get it working on your home LAN.

Second step, set up a VPN so you can connect to home and send the wake packet.

I use a Raspberry Pi for mine.

Si MPS · 14 Oct 2023 at 18:46

Klunt Bumskrint said:
See that's the thing, I want to do it remotely. Running windows 11. I'm doing it wireless from stand by and it works if I'm connected to the network but that's no use to me.

You can create a port forward that targets your LAN broadcast address with the UDP port 9 packet. That’s the most ghetto way to do it.

Granted, this is opening a potential DOS hole but it’s UDP so it’s not like anyone is going to be able to probe it to see it open.