This post was originally published on November 30, 2016
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Router Wake On LAN Configuration Options
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WOL or Wake-On-LAN is a very useful mechanism to keep your personal computer sleeping when not in use. Â This saves power and wear and tear on the computer and still allows you to use it as a remote media server or other functionality. Â I will go over a couple options I have used in the past that may help get yours going.
#1 – Direct
Some routers have the option to allow devices to remain in the ARP table even when they are not responding. Â AT&T U-Verse has one that does and one that does not, for example. Â If you have the older black and silver AT&T router with 2.4Ghz wireless only or b/g/n, then you can configure your WOL UDP port 9 to point directly to your computer in the devices list. Â In the below example your computers IP would be 192.168.1.118. Â From that computer you can go to WhatIsMyIPÂ to get your public IP address. Â This is the address you will use in your WOL application on your android phone or other device you will use to wake your PC remotely.
Image : Newer Linksys Port Forward Configuration Page (click image for larger view)
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