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RBR750 Port Forwarding Not Working
I am trying to get port forwarding to work and I have not been successful. - I have tried with and without a DDNS service and neither has worked. - I have a static IP address assigned to my targe...
As a person who leaves his desktop computer turned on 24/7, I confess to being puzzled about the need for Wake on LAN from "somewhere on the internet". But, whatever.......
It might be worth a brief check on the IP addressing. i.e.:
- On the 750 router web interface, the Advanced Tab home page, the IP address that shows for Internet Port IP address should match the address that is reported by those web services, such as https://canyouseeme.org
It appears that you have tested this already. - There needs to be a device which accepts direction from the internet and creates the WOL broadcast packet on the LAN.
The Wikipedia article on Wake on LAN is pretty clear that WOL is designed to operate at layer 2 of the OSI model and is generally not routed. Notice the comments that IP addresses are not used. The Magic Packet is broadcast to every device on the LAN and the device with a matching MAC address is the one that "wakes up".
My sense is that this is not a simple task to accomplish.