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Totti
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Feb 20, 2014
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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 ...
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R7000
  • ViperGeek's avatar
    ViperGeek
    Aug 10, 2015

    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).

     

    1. Download TelnetEnable from here: https://github.com/LuKePicci/NetgearTelnetEnable/blob/master/binaries/windows/telnetenable.exe?raw=true
    2. 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>'
    3. Telnet to the router
    4. 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

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JAMESMTL
Novice
Feb 25, 2014
I use DD-WRT on my R7000. For WOL from WAN what I do is this:

1. Connect to router from WAN via PPTP using ipad, cell or whatever
2. Using any browser I navigate to the router's WOL page (192.168.x.1/Wol.asp)
3. Press the wake up button for the device I want to wake up

No special software is required as DD-WRT has built WOL functionality. I also do not expose the router's GUI directly to the WAN.

DD-WRT also has a built in WOL daemon which can be set to wake up devices every x period of time.

If you wish to forgo step 1 you can enable the router's GUI to be accessible via WAN, something I prefer not to do.