Is there anyway to do Wake on LAN with AT&T Gateway/modem ? Fiber

[pcslookout]

No I am not totally using the AT&T Gateway/modem I turned off Wifi and use a third party router in the living room for Wifi as a access point. Only our 4 ethernet ports are controlled by the AT&T Gateway/modem. I want to turn on my computer remotely with WOL if it is safe.

Can't figure out how though.

Yes I searched.

Guessing I can't sense my computer is connected on through Ethernet. I did connect the computer to wifi too just to see.


Oh yeah btw I would use the third party router for everything but moving it where the AT&T Gateway/modem is would hurt our Wifi performance sense it is in the garage.

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[LikeLinus]

What WOL software are you using? Do you have it enabled on the NIC and Bios for the computer?

If only there was a forum for these questions. Like a Networking forum?

 

[pcslookout]

What WOL software are you using? Do you have it enabled on the NIC and Bios for the computer?

If only there was a forum for these questions. Like a Networking forum?

I tried RemoteBoot WOL, Mocha WOL, and Wake Me Up - Wake-on-LAN

Yes those are on.

 

[Red Squirrel]

WOL only works within the same broadcast domain, so from where are you trying to use it from? Ex: you won't be able to do it from the internet. Also not sure how routers treat wifi vs wired, if it's treated as two separate broadcast domains or not. Technically it should be all the same one but guess it depends how the router does it.

 

[pcslookout]

WOL only works within the same broadcast domain, so from where are you trying to use it from? Ex: you won't be able to do it from the internet. Also not sure how routers treat wifi vs wired, if it's treated as two separate broadcast domains or not. Technically it should be all the same one but guess it depends how the router does it.

Well I tried both my local network and over the internet. Neither one worked.

I prefer it to work over the internet when out and about too if possible. So why won't I be able to do it over the internet?

 

[LikeLinus]

You need to go research on google. There are tons of articles on it. There are issues with certain power saving / sleep modes and such. You can troubleshoot it yourself if you take the time to read.

The articles will tell you why this doesn't work over internet without further software and such.

 

[pcslookout]

You need to go research on google. There are tons of articles on it. There are issues with certain power saving / sleep modes and such. You can troubleshoot it yourself if you take the time to read.

The articles will tell you why this doesn't work over internet without further software and such.

I did.

 

[Red Squirrel]

WOL works by mac address if I recall, because when the PC is off it has no IP. MAC addresses are only addressable within the LAN. A way around this might be to use a raspberry pi or other system that will stay on, then remote that via IP/port forward and then do WOL from there. You could probably write a script. Just make sure you take security into consideration if you start doing that.

But since it does not work at all right now there is probably something else wrong, such as it being disabled in the bios, or maybe the program you are using is not sending the packet property or something.

Been a while since I played with WOL myself tbh so don't know if there's any quircks with getting it to work on modern hardware, especially with UEFI, maybe there's something you need to enable or disable.

 

[pcslookout]

WOL works by mac address if I recall, because when the PC is off it has no IP. MAC addresses are only addressable within the LAN. A way around this might be to use a raspberry pi or other system that will stay on, then remote that via IP/port forward and then do WOL from there. You could probably write a script. Just make sure you take security into consideration if you start doing that.

But since it does not work at all right now there is probably something else wrong, such as it being disabled in the bios, or maybe the program you are using is not sending the packet property or something.

Been a while since I played with WOL myself tbh so don't know if there's any quircks with getting it to work on modern hardware, especially with UEFI, maybe there's something you need to enable or disable.

Yes I enabled all of that but sense it won't work over the internet, most likely, there is no use for me anymore

It is ok though.

I normally keep my pc on 24/7 anyway so no big deal.

I was just trying to help my pc last longer if that makes any sense or if that would even help.

 

[LikeLinus]

There are articles on how to enable WOL via Internet. You really probably shouldn't be trying to do this if you can't simply use google and do not understand networking. When you start allowing things to access your LAN from the internet, you need to understand how to secure your network properly.

Google Search

Also, the word wake is because the computer is sleep mode. Not sure why someone is talking about using a Pi computer and all of that.

All that said, You can simply take two computers and a switch for a test setup. Eliminate the Router and everything else. Get it working first, then figure out what the issue is in the total setup. Start simple and learn to problem solve.

Go read about Fast Startup and other Power/Sleep setting issues that can affect WOL.

 

[pcslookout]

I think I may have found a better and safer way.

My remote desktop app has WOL feature now and when I go to connect to it that will wake up my pc even over the internet with 4g lte!

 

[LikeLinus]

That's good. I know TeamViewer has WOL built-in. Is that what you are using?

 

[JackMDS]

This page was written long time ago.

It describes the principle of WOL, might help to understand the process.

Wake On LAN through your LAN or the Internet