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Wake On Lan with R7000
Hi, i get my new R7000 today and have an Asus RT-N66U before. The Asus WOL work fine but i found no way to use WOL with the R7000. With the R7000 i cant use 255.255.255.255 as Subnetmask to use ...
Hi Riker.
Now that I've confirmed that the removal of my solution was a moderation, I'll try repeating it from memory (I was actually using this thread, bookmarked, to remember how to do it).
- Download TelnetEnable from here: https://github.com/LuKePicci/NetgearTelnetEnable/blob/master/binaries/windows/telnetenable.exe?raw=true
- Open a DoS/Command Prompt on a PC directly connected to the same LAN and type 'telnetenable.exe <router-IP> <router-MAC> admin <admin-password>'
- Telnet to the router
- Type 'arp -i br0 -s x.x.x.x mm:mm:mm:mm:mm:mm' where x.x.x.x is the WoL destination IP address (not .255) and mm... is
the WoL destination's MAC address
You should then have a static ARP entry in your router. Set up forwarding of port 9/UDP to your device you want to wake and it should work.
- Dave
I think this needs to be clarified a little. I'm not a pro on the topic by any means, but I've dealt with my fair share of trying to wake my computer up remotely when I'm not on the LAN.
While almost any modern router supports wake over lan, the ability to wake over Wan is not so clear cut. The router needs to allow you to port forward to your "broadcast address" for your home network. (In my case, that would be 192.168.1.255) Unfortunately, some routers (like my old wrt302n), don't allow you to set up port forwarding to your broadcast address as it is seen as a security issue, thus, making WoW unreliable or impossible. This is not to say that WoL doesn't work.
For me, what ended up happening when I set up WoW is that I could get it to work right after setting up all the port forwarding, but after an hour or two, I lost the ability to turn on my computers remotely once the cache was cleared (WoL still continued to work).
I believe the reason has to do with the ARP Cache in the router timing out, and even if WOL is enabled, if the PC is off it will not be able to respond to new ARP requests. You need to have a router that allows you to set static ARP addresses or port forward to your "broadcast address" otherwise when the cache is cleared as it normally does, you won't be able to connect again.
When you log in to the Asus router's admin page there is a utility that allows you to send WoL commands directly from the admin page. In essence, the router acts like a computer that is being left on in your network to send the magic packets. So, when you download the Asus android app, it is basically connecting to the router and telling the router to send the magic packet.
I had issues with the android app so I enabled remote log in on my Asus router (I know...not the most secure idea) and would then just log into the router and wake on lan from there to turn on my PCs remotely.
Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong on any of this...like I said, this is all conjecture based on my own trial and error.
While almost any modern router supports wake over lan, the ability to wake over Wan is not so clear cut. The router needs to allow you to port forward to your "broadcast address" for your home network. (In my case, that would be 192.168.1.255) Unfortunately, some routers (like my old wrt302n), don't allow you to set up port forwarding to your broadcast address as it is seen as a security issue, thus, making WoW unreliable or impossible. This is not to say that WoL doesn't work.
For me, what ended up happening when I set up WoW is that I could get it to work right after setting up all the port forwarding, but after an hour or two, I lost the ability to turn on my computers remotely once the cache was cleared (WoL still continued to work).
I believe the reason has to do with the ARP Cache in the router timing out, and even if WOL is enabled, if the PC is off it will not be able to respond to new ARP requests. You need to have a router that allows you to set static ARP addresses or port forward to your "broadcast address" otherwise when the cache is cleared as it normally does, you won't be able to connect again.
When you log in to the Asus router's admin page there is a utility that allows you to send WoL commands directly from the admin page. In essence, the router acts like a computer that is being left on in your network to send the magic packets. So, when you download the Asus android app, it is basically connecting to the router and telling the router to send the magic packet.
I had issues with the android app so I enabled remote log in on my Asus router (I know...not the most secure idea) and would then just log into the router and wake on lan from there to turn on my PCs remotely.
Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong on any of this...like I said, this is all conjecture based on my own trial and error.