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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
JAMESMTL wrote: DD-WRT also has a built in WOL daemon which can be set to wake up devices every x period of time.
Sort of defeats the purpose of Wake-on-LAN.
The original reason Wake-on-LAN was developed was to allow network devices to be powered off when not in use and still remain remotely accessible when required, for example, for maintenance.
Leaving the equipment powered off when not in use reduces the power consumption not only of the actual device, but also the cooling costs - when you're dealing with a few dozen systems it all adds up.