ThinkMaize Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 I am trying to set up my home network so that my router can send a wake on lan command to my PC using port forwarding. Everything is set up, but I can only send the command (I have an app on my phone that sends it) while I am connected to the same network. When my phone is connected to cellular towers and I send a command (to the external IP address), nothing happens. I think the problem stems from the fact that my router does not have its own IP address, but is part of a wired network for my entire apartment complex (people in other apartments who have their own router share the same external ip address. When I type in my external ip address, instead of showing the login for my router, it shows a login for the apartment complex router/switch. Is there any way to get to my router admin page from outside my network? Maybe something I can append to the external ip address to be forwarded to my network? If I could get here, I should be able to send a WOL command. If not, any suggestions for how to send a remote WOL command? The only option I could come up with was to purchase a Raspberry Pi and have it send the WOL command after setting it up as a server that I can access remotely. Thanks, Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fusi0n Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Do you have your own ISP or are you using something provided by the apartment complex? You might be double NATed when using your own router.. And if it's being provided for you, they might not open ports for you.. Also, you can use DYDNS to get a submain that syncs with your IP if it changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Qat Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Is there any way to get to my router admin page from outside my network? Do you have permission to do that? If your whole apartment block shares a single public IP then i'm pretty certain there is nothing you can do to get this working. EDIT When I type in my external ip address, instead of showing the login for my router, it shows a login for the apartment complex router/switch. Lol really? Poor security setup. External access to config should be disabled. fusi0n 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fusi0n Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Lol really? Poor security setup. External access to config should be disabled. This is very true. Don't enable external access. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThinkMaize Posted September 29, 2014 Author Share Posted September 29, 2014 Do you have your own ISP or are you using something provided by the apartment complex? You might be double NATed when using your own router.. And if it's being provided for you, they might not open ports for you.. Also, you can use DYDNS to get a submain that syncs with your IP if it changes. I do not have my own ISP... I don't even have my own modem. My apartment just provides two ethernet jacks. I doubt they will open anything for me, but it might be worth a try. What I would even ask them to do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User6060 Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 i think wake on lan only works if you are on that lan...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trek Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 WOL is part of the ethernet standard; thus layer 2. You need to be on the same snet for that to work. Some routers can be configured to rebroadcast the wol packet but it sounds like you don't have control over that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted September 30, 2014 MVC Share Posted September 30, 2014 "The only option I could come up with was to purchase a Raspberry Pi and have it send the WOL command after setting it up as a server that I can access remotely." And bingo was his name O.. B I N G O!! fusi0n 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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