Wake On Lan with R7000

Aha, not helpful... i search with google many sites and also the other posts here tell me, that WOL with the Netgear (not only the R7000) is not possible because the Netgear cant use WOL with subnet 255.255.255.255. That is how i use it on my Asus 66U with port 9.
And Asus has also an Android App "AiCloud" that has WOL Option
But its OK, as i write i send it back and buy the Asus.

For others who may read this, as stated by many in this thread, the router has nothing to do with WOL.

See this link (which was easily found thru Google search):


http://www.ezlan.net/WOL.html

It can be set up to work on the LAN or via the internet on WAN.

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.

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.

Could you elaborate on step one? As I described in my previous post, I basically just go through step 2-3 using the stock Asus firmware. Are you able to connect to the router from Wan via PPTP using the stock R7000 firmware or is this why you use DD-WRT?

Unfortunately the stock firmware only supports openvpn. This is one of the reasons I use D-WRT. My primary reason for DD-WRT is its QOS.

just got my R7000 working with WOL over internet by uninstalling the "Netgear Firewall Driver" from my network adapter. go into properties of your adapter, you should see Netgear firewall driver, select it and uninstall.

My WOL hadnt worked for months (not on my prev WNDR4500 either), and only just got mine to work by doing this.

hope it works for you.

ps. wish i had tried this before shelling out £160 on the R7000!! duh!

the_xlr8r wrote:
... uninstalling the "Netgear Firewall Driver" from my network adapter. go into properties of your adapter, you should see Netgear firewall driver, select it and uninstall....

Please amplify - what network adapter, where? We are using Motorola cable modem/R7000/iMac - can't imagine where to look!

SntaCruz83 wrote:
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. 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.

Fantastic!!

I give you an A+, at least up to the reasons why Wake-on-LAN across the internet does not work, I don't know about the Asus Android app, so I can't comment on that.

A little clarification - for Wake-on-LAN no support is required in the modem/router - because it is purely LAN~LAN activity and works with a network broadcast - you can do Wake-on-LAN on a LAN with no router.

On the other hand - Wake-on-LAN across the internet requires the router to have a feature called "ip directed broadcast" enabled, and the IETF now requires this be disabled as the router's default setting and most manufacturers simply don't provide a way to enable it.

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.