Wake on LAN is so awesome!! need some help though - still

[LongCoolMother]

darn! i wanna make my own computer a private FTP server. unfortunately, it probably wouldnt be available if i tried to access it on other computers at school..

 

[CyberCowboy]

you can wake up a computer with WOL. But is there anyway to turn it off from a remote location?

 

[dude8604]

<< you can wake up a computer with WOL. But is there anyway to turn it off from a remote location? >>



You could use a remote desktop program where you can control the mouse and keyboard and see the screen from annother location. With that, you could do the usual start >> shutdown.

 

[CyberCowboy]

that sounds awesome.
Can someone provide me with a link to such a program?
Or at least tell me what a program like this is called?

 

[mpitts]

VNC

http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/index.html

 

[theNEOone]

WinXP has the remote desktop option....any way of passwording into it and controlling ur comp that way?

 

[jpucci1]

it is is great, i just turned on your computer. you should change your password from "password"!
LOL, JK

 

[dude8604]

<< VNC http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/index.html >>



That's what I use.

Also, I tried using WOL on my home computer from school, but it didn't work. On the wake on lan part of ninstall.com, they have an asp page that will send a WOL command to your network card. I entered all of the correct information (MAC address, IP, subnet mask), but it didn't work. I'm thinking that it could be because I have a cable router, but I have dmz hosting set up, so it should work anyway. Can anyone help me?

 

[DaejangNim]

thanks for posting this, I never new what wake on lan was, I always thought it was some option that detected the connection or something, i gotta try it soon

 

[DanFungus]

<< << such as to find the MAC addy of 192.168.1.10 ) >>



Try this (assuming you are on a windows machine, and your neighbors computer is on at the moment...): nbtstat -A 192.168.1.10
Notice that it is a capital -A...

You'll get the MAC and a few other items.

You can also ping the machine, then do: arp -a >>


you are my hero

 

[dude8604]

<< I tried using WOL on my home computer from school, but it didn't work. On the wake on lan part of ninstall.com, they have an asp page that will send a WOL command to your network card. I entered all of the correct information (MAC address, IP, subnet mask), but it didn't work. I'm thinking that it could be because I have a cable router, but I have dmz hosting set up, so it should work anyway. Can anyone help me? >>



Please help me!!!

 

[dude8604]

ttt

 

[Netopia]

For those who like VNC, you should try one of the more advanced VNC versions, like TightVNC. Tight in particular has better encoding and also lets you specify different compression levels so you can trade speed for quality if you are on a slow connection. I would stay away from TridiaVNC though... I found it to be buggy, plus they stripped the JAVA applet out of it on the free version... you guys DO know about the JAVA applet... don't you?

Joe

 

[dude8604]

<< ttt >>

pleeeeaaassseeee heeelllppp!!!

 

[Netopia]

dude8604,

You say you are going through a router. Do you have static, routable IPs behind the router or are you using NAT? If you are using NAT, is whatever port WOL works on forwarded to the private IP of your machine? Is your router capable of port forwarding?

I'm just asking diagnostic questions to help out... I've never actually setup or used the WOL function.

Joe

 

[dude8604]

I have it set up with DMZ hosting going to my main computer,whose internal IP is 192.168.1.5. I also have the ports that WOL uses set up to forward to 192.168.1.5. I can't remember which ports they are. If it matters, I can check.