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Can't get remote Wake On Lan working on ReadyNAS Ultra2Plus with OS6
Hi, I have problem with setting up remote WOL to my RN Ultra2Plus running OS 6.7.4 connected to a Netgear R6400 router. It's the first time I'm trying WOL with my RN and so did not tried with th...
sotrack wrote:
And forwarding port 9 to fixed RN-IP does not make a sense. You need forward port 9 to specific broadband address 192.168.1.255...
I think that depends. If the packet reaches the NAS in the first place, the NAS should wake up no matter what IP address in the the IP destination field of the packet.
The problem is whether the router can figure out how to deliver the packet in the first place. The fact that it sometimes works suggests that the router will deliver the packet in at least some situations. The NAS can't respond to ARP when it is powered off, but if the IP address / mac address association is in the ARP cache the router should still be able to deliver the packet to the correct ethernet port.
That said, I've never gotten this to work with my ISP and routers. There's a handy add-on for OS 4.2 NAS that will send WoL packets when you give it an HTTP request that includes the mac address. My pro-6 is on 24-7, and I have used it to wake up other devices on my network when I'm away. Unfortunately there is no OS 6 equivalent.
When it won't wake up, are the switch and NAS network LED's showing a connection? It'll be a 10M one, but they should show something. If they are not, you are probably experiencing a problem caused by a "green" switch turning down the power too much. A better cable might fix it, but probably not.
The logs show that WOL is enabled.
Sandshark wrote:
you are probably experiencing a problem caused by a "green" switch turning down the power too much.
The OP's first post says that WoL is working reliably on the local LAN. His problem is getting it to work remotely (over the internet).
Hi,
Short summary.
LAN WOL:
Working fine for RN and PC.Remote WOL (Port forwarding port 9):
Working fine for PC.
Working for RN for a while but NOT after a RN downtime (time not tested, for now 6 hours noticed).
Also strange that despite events in the router log RN is not responding.Best regards,
Ulf
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