RBK50 WOL wake on LAN internet

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I have a NAS with RBK50. I have sentup DDNS and port forward. I can wake up my NAS in the LAN, but can not wake it up through Internet, when I am outside .&nbsp;Thanks,

michaelkenward · Answer

FURRYe38&nbsp;wrote:
I wouldn't see a need for WoL for NAS. 
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You can save energy. Every kWh counts when you worry about the climate, not to mention power bills.
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I have NAS boxes for backups that turn off at the end of the day and then WOL when the PCs they are to backup turn&nbsp;themselves on.
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The fact that many NAS devices implement WOL suggests that&nbsp;Yong2019 and I are not the only fruitcakes on the planet.
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michaelkenward · Answer

CrimpOn&nbsp;wrote:
I interested to know a reason for wanting to manually "Wake Up" a NAS from the Internet, and how the Orbi can be set up to accomplish that.

I too would be interested in that one. My response was addressing the general issue.
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FURRYe38 · Answer

Please post about this over in the main Orbi forum for your model Orbi:

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/bd-p/Orbi

Thank you.

Yong2019 wrote:
I have a NAS with RBK50. I have sentup DDNS and port forward. I can wake up my NAS in the LAN, but can not wake it up through Internet, when I am outside .

Thanks,

CrimpOn · Answer

Yong2019&nbsp;wrote:I have a NAS with RBK50. I have sentup DDNS and port forward. I can wake up my NAS in the LAN, but can not wake it up through Internet, when I am outside .Could you pleases explain the need to "wake up" a NAS?&nbsp; (I am so unsophisticated that I have been assuming that a NAS is an appliance that "stays on all the time" waiting to do something.)&nbsp;What port did you forward to the NAS?&nbsp;DDNS and Port forwarding work when there is not another router in front of the Orbi.&nbsp; i.e. the Orbi WAN interface has a public IP address.&nbsp; This is the case with your Orbi, correct?&nbsp;Another option is to set up VPN (which also requires DDNS).&nbsp; I do all sorts of things to devices on my LAN by VPNing (is that a verb?) into the Orbi.

FURRYe38 · Answer

Most NAS have power management features which would mostly negate any need of WoL for NAS. Most NAS spin up from there sleep modes if those are enabled upon any network access from a device. I wouldn't see a need for WoL for NAS. Mine certainly don't.&nbsp;

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