• 0

waking up a sleeping computer


Question

Could any one of the computer geniuses here at neowin be able to give me a very detailed guide on how to make my home computer wake up when I want to remotely connect to it when im at school or work?

ps i didn't know where exactly to put this post so i did my best to guess if a mod thinks it would be better elsewhere please feel free to move it.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

5 answers to this question

Recommended Posts

  • 0

Depending on your setup, you'll need to configure Wake On Lan (WOL) options on a few things (hardware, network devices, drivers, etc). I've never had to use it but I'm sure someone on the forum can answer back in greater detail.

Here's a lifehacker article to get you started: http://lifehacker.com/348197/access-your-computer-anytime-and-save-energy-with-wake+on+lan

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 0

Could any one of the computer geniuses here at neowin be able to give me a very detailed guide on how to make my home computer wake up when I want to remotely connect to it when im at school or work?

ps i didn't know where exactly to put this post so i did my best to guess if a mod thinks it would be better elsewhere please feel free to move it.

Go here: http://wakeonlan.me/

You need to do this beforehand:

- enable wake-on-LAN in your computer's BIOS

- configure your router to accept and forward packets on port 9 to the computer you want to wake up

- know your modem's public IP address

- know the computer's MAC address (each network interface has a different MAC address, you're only interested in the one of the LAN interface that connects your computer to your router.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 0

All which may or may not work. Not all routers support adding a static mac address to be able to send wol packet. Not all routers allow to forward to broadcast address.

Sending a wakeup on lan packet from the internet is going to come down to what your router will allow you to do. So these guides may or may not work. I would suggest you get it working on your lan first so you know you have your box correctly configured, etc..

Then work on getting it to work while outside your network. If you can leave some device on your network on, you can always remote to it and then send the wol from it. I just vpn into my network, then from any of the devices I can shell too, my linux box, my pogoplug, my router, etc. I can send the wol to any of my other boxes that go into standby if I need to get to them.

To be honest, if you really need to be able to get to a box remotely while your away. Set it not to standby ;)

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 0

If you have a router running DD-WRT and the version of the firmware has it, it has a built in WOL section where you can pre-add your system/mac address. Then just enable remote management of the router, browse to the router UI, login and go to the WOL section then choose your system and click WAKE.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

This topic is now closed to further replies.