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Totti
Aspirant
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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  • 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

riker's avatar
riker
Aspirant
Aug 12, 2015

Hi Dave,

 

thanks for posting your solution again. It works excellent for me.

One more matter. Is it safe to keep telnet console open? Because once you open telnet console to router there is no way to disable it till router is rebooted, but when router is rebooting we are loosing all settings.

Thanks

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ViperGeek
Apprentice
Aug 12, 2015

You're very welcome.  I'm glad the solution worked for you as well.

 

There is a risk from keeping the telnet listener enabled, but the risk is mitigated by the fact that it's only accessible from the LAN side.  Assuming you don't have a hostile local network and your LAN (including wireless) is fairly well controlled, you should be OK leaving telnet enabled.  I'm unaware of a way to re-disable the telnet listener without rebooting.

 

- Dave