If it can work past a router let us (me) know. Most of the magic packets are blocked by routers so using it wirelessly is impossible... it would have to be a cabled connection.
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If it can work past a router let us (me) know. Most of the magic packets are blocked by routers so using it wirelessly is impossible... it would have to be a cabled connection.
I wish people would do their research before making bold statements like that.
I wish people would do their research before making bold statements like that.
Wirelessly impossible, you say?
Why would Cambridge Computers add a Wake on Lan utility on a software (vxUtil) made for a wireless device if WOL is wirelessly impossible?
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How are Magic Packets sent?
Magic packets are sent using a directed broadcast, which is a broadcast to all of the machines on a particular subnet. For example, a directed broadcast address could be specified as 192.168.100.255, which would go to all machines on the 192.168.10.x/24 network.
Many administrators turn off routing of subnet-directed broadcasts, because they can be abused by hackers in order to generate large amounts of extra network traffic.
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The "Wake On LAN Utility" is a small, under development utility that will power up other computers in your network. Generally, the target machine will have to be on the same subnet as the computer from which you are running this application (since the "magic packet" is a broadcast), however you can get around this by building off the code base and implementing your own routing solution.
So I wish people would know what they are talking about before spouting off...
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You've just proven my point with your quotes. The router acts as a network hub which means that all devices connected to it (eg. in a home network) are under the same subnet, otherwise these devices cannot communicate with each other. I just gave you links in which wireless routers have the ability to allow magic packets to be sent (thru broadcast) to WOL enabled computers. Why would they create such routers if it cannot be done. Furthermore, they also developed a wireless network card with WOL capabilities which means that it doesn't have to be connected physically to a router or a network hub to wake.
If you're going to prove me wrong you have to do better than just copy and pasting quotes which only explains WOL. Computers doesn't have to be wired to be in the same subnet.
eg. my desktop (directly connected to the wireless router) has an IP 192.168.1.111 subnet 255.255.255.0
my other computers (wifi hub) have 192.168.1.10x and same subnet
Axim has 192.168.1.104 same subnet
How does that differ from your example above?
I just bought a dell optiplex 745 (small form factor), and it has an option to put the WOL.
I understand and can do it.
My questions is:
can you wake a pc up from a wifi usb adapter ? The idea will be to plug this usb adapter on a self powered usb Hub (to provide its own power) and send some packets over the wifi, and have the pc wake up when it receive those packets.
Do you think it is even possible, or the best solution remains to plug the computer with the Ethernet cable, directly to the router (and using the DDns integrated to the router, to avoid the IP change from comcast ) ?
Hi Sebastian,
Sorry, I don't have the faintest clue about the wifi usb adapter method.
My setup is as follows. Motherboard Asus p4S800-mx (I know it's old, lol); linksys WRT54G router (old as well :P); Linksys (LNE100TX) EtherFast 10/100Mbps LAN Card with WOL. I've only done it on a local wireless network but I read a certain Liam Wesley was able to make it work on a WRT54G router using broadband and port forwarding. I have yet to try it though.
In fact this is better help than any other site :)
As for the usb-wifi, I was hoping, in the great empty - I know it is theoretically possible,but doing it maybe a pain.
In fact I am kind of stuck - I am a bit far away from the main router. But well, I can still reorganize everything.
What is great is that the dell I have, have a function to have hours to have it turn on and turn off by itself (a first for me!). I may also uses that.
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