Need Wake on LAN help

computerman1234

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I have read so many guides, but in still very confused. I would really appreciate it if you'd help me out here. I'm using android phone to turn it off and on BC I want to use an app called" kino console" outside my home network and I don't want my computer on 24/7.

I have got to the stage where I have enabled it in my BIOS (in mine it was called "power on s5 pme#"). Do I have to enable it in my device manager as well?

If I want to use it outside my home network, do I need to port forward port 9 or 7?

Thanks in advance!!!
 
What you have to realize what you are trying to run is wake on WAN which does not actually exist. One of simpler tricks was disabled by default in most commercial routers years ago because of possible denial of service attacks.

The key problem you have is your machine does not have a IP address when it is off that function is part of the OS. All it has is a mac address which is part of the hardware.

Consumer router can only port forward to IP addresses so the whole concept of port forwarding for WoL is not even a valid concept.

So the hack most used to make this work....and it does not always work.... is to.

First you put in a port forward rule to a ip that does not exist in your network for ports 9 or whatever the app uses. '

Now the problem, you need a router than allows static ARP entry the vast majority of consumer routers you can not.

Put in a static ARP for the IP you forwarded to and map it to FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF mac address.

Be aware that someone that sends traffic to that port on your router will cause the data to be sent to every device on your network. This is why the vendors removed the ability to send traffic to the normal broadcast ip address on a subnet.
 

computerman1234

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One of simpler tricks was disabled by default in most commercial routers years ago because of possible denial of service attacks.

Say I convinced my friend to open up a port on his router, would it be illegal to DDoS him? Even so, how would I do it?

Just a thought, are there DDoSing machines that scan the whole internet for ip addresses to DDoS or do they need to manually find the port and give it a good DDoS?

I'm not sure how it works, but I found an app called "Unified remote" and the server for pc and I can sleep and even shut down my PC and use the "wake on lan" feature it includes which instantly boots up my PC. I only tried in my home network, will see if it still works on work wifi on Monday.