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reply to huntrm0

Re: WoL WRT54G over the Internet

WoL on this machine has been working fine for few years. The problem is trying to WoL over the internet.

Funny, I've got a Depicus batch command and when I'm connected to the router, I can instantly wake up the machine. But for some reason over the internet, I cannot wake up the darn thing. Grrr....

I disabled Zone Alarm, and then I realized ZA doesn't sit between the router and the network card, so that likely doesn't do anything. But, even with it disabled, still no wakeup.......

Fairly complicated for me to try to connect the machine straight to the cable modem. I also tried the Depicus on-line wake-up tool for over the internet. I entered the MAC address of the NIC card in multiple formats, with colons, dashes, spaces, etc. No such luck.

I got to believe that either the packets are being dropped over the internet (i.e., Comcast doesn't like them so it filters them out), or it's an issue with the router.

Has anyone, without hacking their router, been able to deliver a magic packet WoL successfully on a WRT54G? I've tinkered with the router enough to where I'm ready to give up.

I ended up installing DD-WRT to get this to work. DD-WRT allows one to modify the ARP table rules which apparently is necessary to WoL to work over the internet. Here's the guide I followed to get it working: »www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/WOL
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Phil - I followed your lead and did the same. It is now working for me. What remote WoL program or website do you use?

The steps I took, in case anyone else wants to do this are:

1) Router: Linksys WRT54G V2, V4.3 Firmware. Download DD-WRT V23 MINI version.

2) Follow DD-WRT instructions for udating the firmware. I use the Linksys WRT54G firmware and not the generic firmware.

3) Then, I followed DD-WRT's WIKI on WoL and how to modify the ARP table rules. See Phil's link up above.

4) I tested it last night and this morning, using the WoL site that DD-WRT recommended.

Next steps:
- Try to get my Depicus WoL batch file to work if possible
- Tinker with enabling the router firewall to ensure WoL will still work

Thanks all.

I am using the Depicus WoL tool for Windows: »www.depicus.com/wake-on-lan/wake···gui.aspx

I like this method because it allows me to choose the port and I can use my domain as opposed my IP.

Glad you got it working.
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Phil -

Once again thanks. However, I can only get the following site to perform WoL:

»stephan.mestrona.net/wol/

The format is that the mac address is in the xx:xx:xx:xx

And I enter the IP address xx.xxx.xx.

For the sake of me I can't get other WoL tools to work, including the one you suggested? What format are you entering the information?

The following settings are the Depicus tool I mentioned earlier:

Mac Address: 12-34-56-78-90-AB (it can be : delimited as well)
Internet Address: I use my dyndns.org domain name (phil.dyndns.org)
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.255
Send Options: Internet
Remote Port Number: 9

I orginally had my subnet mask as 255.255.255.0 and it did not work. Changing it 255.255.255.255 got it working.
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The dashes and the .255 solved it.

Thanks.