Wake-over-LAN with WRT54GX2

I'd like to wake up my computer over the internet, so I'm trying to use the Wake-on-LAN feature.
I can get it to work when waking from the local network....but I can't over the internet. I've read that I need to forward the right port to 192.168.1.255, but I can't forward to that address.
Is there anything I can do?

hoping someone can help me here, as I want to accomplish WOL in my workplace. I'm in a building that has a central router that divides the internet into 4 different offices (into jacks in the wall). The central router is a linksys befsr41 that I don't have access to because it belongs to the property manager. The central router's ip address is 192.168.1.1 This router is not wireless, but I need wireless in my office, so I have my wrt54gc in my office to use with my tablet pc. I've gotten my computer to wake up no problem over LAN at home, over WAN at home (from remote location), but when I'm at my office (2 routers chained together) I don't know what I need to do to get it to work consistently. So my questions are: 1. What settings, if any, do i need to change on the central router? Do I need to port forward to the IP of MY router (or my CPU)?? 2. Same question for my router? I've looked all over the net and can't find any info on what to do for WOL in a multiple router environment such as mine. I guess I need to somehow tell that magic packet thingy to go through the central router, then through my router, and recognize my MAC address and ip. I really appreciate help in this matter.

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Wake over LAN

Since updating to X.6.8 my MP has problems waking remotely. I'm connected to my router by Ethernet.
I haven't tried all that much to resolve this as I'm not aware there is anything else but the wake over LAN checkbox to enable this service. I have tried unchecking the box and re-checking it, I've also tried restarting my router and setting a different length of time before the MP goes to sleep.
Oddly enough I can wake the MP if I try a little time after it goes to sleep, but if I leave it for several hours it won't wake.
It isn't just one situation/application that won't wake it either, my Apple TV won't, shared devices from the finder on other macs won't and other services like the Apple remote app and eyeTV app from the iPhone won't either.
Any thoughts.

hoping someone can help me here, as I want to accomplish WOL in my workplace. I'm in a building that has a central router that divides the internet into 4 different offices (into jacks in the wall). The central router is a linksys befsr41 that I don't have access to because it belongs to the property manager. The central router's ip address is 192.168.1.1 This router is not wireless, but I need wireless in my office, so I have my wrt54gc in my office to use with my tablet pc. I've gotten my computer to wake up no problem over LAN at home, over WAN at home (from remote location), but when I'm at my office (2 routers chained together) I don't know what I need to do to get it to work consistently. So my questions are: 1. What settings, if any, do i need to change on the central router? Do I need to port forward to the IP of MY router (or my CPU)?? 2. Same question for my router? I've looked all over the net and can't find any info on what to do for WOL in a multiple router environment such as mine. I guess I need to somehow tell that magic packet thingy to go through the central router, then through my router, and recognize my MAC address and ip. I really appreciate help in this matter.

[solved] Cannot activate wake on lan with systemd

I have activated successfully wake on lan with systemd, following these guidelines :
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wol#With_systemd
My [email protected] is:
[Unit]
Description=Wake-on-LAN for %i
Requires=network.target
After=network.target
[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/ethtool -s %i wol g
Type=oneshot
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
It worked nicely until I recently had to reinstall my server (following a disk replacement). Since then systemd fails to activate wake on lan.
Output from systemctl status wol@enp0s4 :
● [email protected] - Wake-on-LAN for enp0s4
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/[email protected]; enabled)
Active: inactive (dead) since ven. 2014-07-25 11:21:28 CEST; 23min ago
Process: 181 ExecStart=/usr/bin/ethtool -s %i wol g (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 181 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Output from ethtool enp0s4|grep "Wake" :
Supports Wake-on: pg
Wake-on: d
If I explicitly start the service with systemctl start wol@enp0s4, then ethtool enp0s4|grep "Wake" shows:
Supports Wake-on: pg
Wake-on: g
My guess is that the service does not start at the correct timing at boot.
I have also tried wol-systemd package from the AUR without success.
Last edited by elb (2014-07-25 15:02:21)

After a fiew tries and reading docs, I found that replacing network.target with multi-user.target in [email protected] seems to work for me.

MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (WAKE On Lan with Realtek)?

Hello can the MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (BIOS 1.B) WAKE On Lan with the Realtek card?
It does not appear to work for me and there is nothing in the BIOS.
My WOL packets wake up other PC's.
Please Help.

Hello !
Go into Bios Setup, Integrated Periphals, and disable the nvidia Lan, but let the Onboard LAN enabled.
Now go to PCI Configuration, Wakeup Events, and enable wakeup on PCI event and wake on LAN.
Check in Boot Order Menu if you can select the realtek onboard Lan as first booting device, push it in first place.
Another Option could be using the nvidia Lan, its reported to work with wakeon lan.
Greetz

Wake on lan with Iphone.

Hi, I installed a wake on lan feature on my MBP from apples homepage and likewise I installed the iWOL app on my iphone. However I cannot get it to work. At home I use Airport express connected wirelessly to the MBP and likewise with the Iphone. Do I have to configure the airport express or something? Or does anyone have a step by step guide on how to set it up?
Thank you very much

its right , router has to be connected to Ethernet port.
ary you trying to wake your Mac on your local network ( meaning when you are conected to your router through wi fi directly ?) that is not to difficult to achieve . little tricky bit is if you want to wake your Mac
from remote location from your iphone , well literality from anywhere . it can be done but not all routers will allow you to do that . but it can be done with right router . plus there's quite a bit needs to be changed in correct router's configuration. but good thing is if you really want that to happen there is a possibility .
for my needs its essential . i use iwol and SleepOver apps. both of them do same thing but first i got iwol
and only could wake my MP locally . then i tried SleepOver app and i achieved both Local Wake up and over internet too . again both can achieve same things but i wouldn't have done it without good support and recomendations of SleepOver's developer .
so if you get it working either of them IWOL or SleepOver is a fantastic combination with Jaadu VNC and File Magnet apps . you can wake your Mac from say Paris in London then use Jaadu VNC app to browse your remote Mac as if you were sitting in front of you Mac at home the open other end of File Magnet from within Jaadu VNC which is installed on your mac and drag and drop file you want to have on your iphone . then you open File Magnet on your iphone and there they are! file you wanted .

Can I use Wake-On-LAN with P1606dn Printer?

I have a P1606dn laser printer which is remotely located and the power is remotely switched.
When it is first powered up, the button on the front has to be pressed to cajole the printer into life . It lights up green and we are good to go. After this, even if it has dropped into power saving mode, sending a print commnad wakes it up and network printing works fine.
However, I want to do away with the walk to press the button when it is first powered up. I've tried using a Wake-On-LAN command to the IP and MAC addess of the printer, but nothing happens.
I realise I could leave it permananetly powered but don't want to do this because there are other devices on the same supply that need to be turned off at night.
How can I get it to wake up remotely?
many thanks.
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Whenever power is first applied to the P1606dn, that has been in a no-power state, the unit is turned Off. The unit's power light may be on, but the unit itself is off. Whenever you press the button, then the unit goes through the power up and obtains the IP address to function.
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Wake On Lan With 845PE Max3

I have A Msi 845PE Max2 Motherboard with on board Gigabit LAN.
In the BIOS I can't find a "wake on lan" setting. My question is if it's possible to use this wake on lan utility. How can I configur my wake on lan under Windows XP
The second question is how I can send a magic pakkage to boot the remote machine.
Or perhaps the MSI 845PE Max2 doesn't support wake on lan? X(
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Try wake on PME.
Is a general wake on PCI card demand, specific wake on LAN/modem isn't needed.
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Wake on LAN with Actiontech MI424wr Router

I posted this by mistake in the DSL forum, sorry.
. I've set up Wake on LAN for the purpose of powering up a media server that handles all my video and picture files. I have it working fine within my LAN but I've run into a problem when I use it from outside, meaning the internet or my cellular network. The Actiontech MI424WR router does not let me port forward the broadcast address so I worked around this issue by creating a static entry in the ARP table that passes the "Magic packet" to the broadcast MAC of FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF. See http://www.dslreports.com/faq/16041 for the details.
This technique works fine but unfortunately, the ARP entry will not survive a router reboot or power down. From what information I've been able to find, it may be possible to create a startup script in the router that will re-create the ARP entry upon bootup. I've contacted Actiontech but they said I needed to speak to Verizon support. I contacted Verizon support and they gave me a number for the Verizon Expert Care Team. I'm kinda smelling a runaround so I figured I'd post the question here before I made any more calls.
If you read that link I posted, theres an interesting alternative using a second router and changing that router's MAC address to all "F"s but not many routers will allow you to do that, at least not the two I have. Anyway, if someone knows how to create a startup script or has an alternate solution, I'd be most interested in seeing it. Thanks in advance.

By the way if you are still interested here is my solution...
Just change the IP, username and password. Save this file to filename.vbs and Schedule a trigger (Daily Task, on PC startup) to run this script and you should be good to go
set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.run"telnet 192.168.1.1"
WScript.Sleep 1500 WshShell.SendKeys"username"
WshShell.SendKeys("{Enter}")
WScript.Sleep 1500
WshShell.SendKeys"password"
WshShell.SendKeys("{Enter}")
WScript.Sleep 1500
WshShell.SendKeys"system shell"
WshShell.SendKeys("{Enter}")
WScript.Sleep 1500
WshShell.SendKeys"arp -s 192.168.1.254 FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF"
WshShell.SendKeys("{Enter}")
WScript.Sleep 1500
WshShell.SendKeys"exit"
WshShell.SendKeys("{Enter}")
WScript.Sleep 1500
WshShell.SendKeys"exit"
WshShell.SendKeys("{Enter}")
WScript.Sleep 1500
WshShell.SendKeys("{Enter}")

Scanning over LAN with Lexamrk x466 (no TWAIN source)

Hi!
We have a Lexmark x466 dte.
There is a software of Lexmark available, that claims to provide a TWAIN source for using the scanner over ethernet. But none of my applications finds this TWAIN source.
The Lexmark hotline said, that Apple changed something with the TWAIN implementation, so this doesn't work at the moment.
How can I scan over the LAN to a Mac?
(We don't need the device primarily to scan photos, but to scan documents to PDF.)
Thank you very much n advance!
Thomas

Yes is is possible to do a direct connect via LAN. You have to double check to make sure your HP Laserjet m1120n is a network model (it should be, not aware of many laserjet's that are not). If your printer/scanner came with a manual or instructions its all explained in there. I posted the link below if you dont have the manual.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/manualCategory?lc=en&dlc=en&cc=ie&product=344 7599&lang=en&#
Series User Guide chapter 5.
If that does not work:
1. you need to find out the ip address of your HP printer/scanner
2. In System Preferences > Printing > add printer > IP
-select line printer daemon
-enter ip address of your hp printer/scanner
-select your driver and printer model
3. In your System preferences > Sharing > turn on file sharing
Your scanned files should end up in your Users > Public > Drop Box folder
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Slow page loads over LAN with 500GB TC

Hello,
Forgive me if this has already been touched on, I tried to run through the first six pages and didn't see anything that I thought matched my problem. I saw that there were reports of slow wireless speeds, but I have been experiencing problems over the wired connection to my TC
I have a MBP connected to the TC wirelessly and a Mac Pro with a wired connection to the TC. They both render similar speeds in a speed test ~4Mbits down, but on my Mac Pro, I get excruciatingly slow page loads. Pages often take, on average, 15-20 seconds to come up at all, and some more time to finish loading completely. Meanwhile, I can load the same pages in a few seconds with my MBP over the wireless network.
My cable coming from the TC to my Mac Pro is brand new, its at least CAT5e, and should be able to handle my down speeds without a problem. So I'm at a loss for what could be causing this. Could it be something with the computer and not the TC at all?
Thanks,
Scott

Well, creating a test user put me on the right path. Deleting the systemconfiguration folder did not help, but I deleted the following files out of the $user/library/preferences folder:
com.apple.internetconfig.plist
com.apple.internetconfigpriv.plist
com.apple.internetconnect.plist
com.apple.networkConnect.000a27b47970.plist
com.apple.preference.internet.plist
com.apple.PrefPane.Network.000a27b47970.plist
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Sharing songs over LAN with PC

I have a iMac which is connected to a LAN. My wife has a PC also on the LAN. I would like to share iTune songs between the 2 computers. I have set up sharing and we can see and play songs from each others computers but can"t copy the files between libraries. We are buying songs from the same iTunes account. My account info says "one computer is authorized". How can I set this up to copy songs between the computers?

If you read this article, you will see why this is not a completely straightforward matter :
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/moving-your-itunes-library-to -a-new-hard-drive
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How i can use "wake on lan" with time capsule

1. Preference -> Energy Saver -> Options -> WOL check
2. in airport utility
internet>nat>defalt host check
3.and I'd send magic packet.
but it doesn't work
How i can wake on my mac through time capsule.

Can you be more specific ?
Where do you send the WOL from? Another computer? From the same network? How are each machines connected ?

HP Jetdirect Printing over LAN with 2 iMacs with Airport Extreme

I have an interesting situation:
3 iMacs on network
1 iMac connected directly to an Airport Extreme base (does not have Airport card) - this station connected to USB inkjet printer - printing to the Laserjet mentioned below is not necessary.
2 iMacs connected to Airport wireless internet. These two iMacs are (were) connected to a HP Jetdirect 175x print server using ethernet. Both iMacs are (were) sharing a HP Laserjet 1200. Once the network was configured to see the internet via the Airport on both iMacs the ability to print was lost on ethernet. As long as the wireless network connection is maintained the Laserjet printer does not appear to be connected.
Aside from the blatantly obvious solution of connecting the HP Jetdirect print server directly to the Airport Extreme is there a way to configure the network to allow the current ethernet printing to work while the iMacs remain connected to the internet using wireless?
Logistics in the home make the movement of the Airport and/or the Laserjet printer impossible.
Any ideas on a work around?

Aside from the blatantly obvious solution of connecting the HP Jetdirect print server directly to the Airport Extreme...
What is it connected to?
Do you by chance have another router and that device is connected to it? If so, configure the AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS) so that it is acting as a bridge (NOT sharing a single IP address).

Wake on Lan works with Ethernet, not over Wi-Fi.

Hello, after several months of tests I came to this conclusion.
Wake on Lan only works with Ethernet for my iMac. Wake on Lan over Wi-Fi works for a few hours, but if the iMac is asleep for 6 hours or so, it becomes unavailable... On the other hand, with Ethernet it's always available even if it sleeps for an entire week.
My iMac isn't that old (mi-2011), so I guess it should handle Wake on Lan over Wi-Fi. Is it a software issue?
- I've got a MacBook Pro since Snow Leopard 10.6 and now with Mountain Lion it handles Wake on Lan over Wi-Fi without problem.
- I've got my iMac since Lion. Does the iMac only handle Wake on Lan with Ethernet and works differently compared to the MacBook Pro?
I prefer to use Wake on Lan over Wi-Fi because for the tests I've placed my iMac in the living room in order to plug it to the Time Capsule, but the right place for my iMac is in my bedroom.
I tried to change the MTU size as it is described here: http://osxdaily.com/2012/08/02/fix-os-x-mountain-lion-wireless-connection-proble ms/
Note that "Wake on Lan" is checked in my System Preferences, I don't think it's my router's fault, because my Apple TV, AirPort Express, iPhone 5, iPad 2 and my Printer don't disconnect even when they're asleep (I'm talking about my printer and Apple TV in that case).

loïcfernandezcastrillon wrote:
I'm connected with the WiFi of my Time Capsule (bridge mode). I have this configuration since Snow Leopard, and no troubles...
I understand that, but if your router is not an Apple AirPort Base Station then it introduces an element of uncertainty. Apple has implemented many changes related to wireless networking recently.
You are complicating matters by changing networkoversleep:
networkoversleep - this setting affects how OS X networking presents shared network services during system sleep. This setting is not used by all platforms; changing its value is unsupported.
Solving problems like this requires that you simplify your network environment and eliminate its unknowns. Using third party routers and making unsupported changes runs counter to simplification.
The iMac stays connected to the Time Capsule about 6 hours during sleep. Then it dissapears...
The iMac wakes periodically (every few hours) to inform your router of its network presence for Wake on LAN demands. Try changing your router's DHCP lease period to something longer than a few hours. For a home environment, a few days is more appropriate. This may not solve the problem, but it is better than making unsupported changes to your system.

C445 and wake on lan

Is it possible to use wake on lan with a C445 all in one PC? Normally this is enabled in the Bios but this unit doesn't seem to use a bios.

hi stevemaz,
Welcome to the Forums.
The Ideacentre C445 does use a BIOS and you can access it by pressing F1 on power up.
It's possible to use the Wake-On-LAN (WOL) feature of this unit as long as it meets the following requirements:
1. WOL must be enabled in the BIOS (this model has one)
- Link to picture
2. WOL must enabled in the LAN card
- I'm unable to verify this as there's no available C445 here in the lab.
Check this article for more info on how to enable WOL
Regards
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