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diodorus
Guide
Jan 10, 2018

Wake on LAN / WAN

Hello! I'd ultimately like to be able to wake a (wired) PC from WAN. I can currently do that from the LAN, for example from an andrid phone using a Wake On Lan app. But I can't do that from the WA...
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NXIXN
Apprentice
Jan 10, 2018

I assume your PC supports bios WoL. If so, have you tried doing a WoL using another PC from remote location? In this way you can isolate the problem is not the PC and not your router where this PC you want to wakeup. What kind of NETGEAR router do you own and who is your ISP?

Hope to hear from you soon.

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    diodorus
    Guide
    Jan 10, 2018

    Thanks for the reply. I'm not sure I follow you though. As I mentioned, the WoL already works when I am on the LAN (so yes, the bios supports it), I'm now trying to do that from outside the LAN. My ISP is VirginMedia UK, and I have an Orbi RBK30.

    Could you please leaborate a bit more (I'm not too technical about networks.)

    Thanks!

     

     

    • NXIXN's avatar
      NXIXN
      Apprentice
      Jan 10, 2018

      I apologize. I misunderstood a bit your post. Since locally the WoL works fine. I think doing port forwarding on your Orbi router for udp ports 7 and 9 should help resolve the WoL via WAN.

      • diodorus's avatar
        diodorus
        Guide
        Jan 10, 2018

        I have tried that already, but didn't work for me. I forgot to mention that my ORBI is in AP mode, and I am using the virginmedia superhub (a rebranded netgear modem/router) as main router. (By the way: can anyone confirm if that method works when using the ORBI as router?)

         

        That's why I was considering the telnet option: is there a command I can run on the ORBI via telnet to wake the PC?