UPC Cisco EPC3925 WOL port forwarding

mexicanking

I am trying to configure WOL on my PC. For some reason I am not able to get it forward packets to my pc. Tried my best. PLEASE help

CreepingDeath

You typically only forward ports from a WAN to a LAN.
Your WOL ( wake on LAN ), is typically only transmitted within the LAN.

Are you trying to send a WOL packet from the internet, to a local machine on your LAN ?

mexicanking

Thanks for you reply. I am trying to set WOL to work from the internet. But to setup I am trying to test within LAN. For some reason both is not working for me. I havn't done one before so may be some problem from my side. All the guide says forward port 9 UDP. But on my router it asks extenral IP, address and internal IP. Not sure where to use port 9. Any help!!

ED E

WOL is mac address based, dont need to port forward to do it internally. Just send the nic the packet, done.

For externally doing WOL, I dont know if you can do that. Port forwards are a function of TCP/IP but WOL is done on MAC, so you wont have an IP address to forward it to. If you forwarded to the broadcast address I guess that might reach it.

mexicanking

I did try with the mac address giving the local IP. But still didnt work. I wil try this evening and post. Thanks

fbradyirl

Waking from the internet does work. I do it every day from this site:

http://wakeonlan.me

All you need is the public IP of your router and the device MAC address inside your home network.

fbradyirl

By the way, you will need to forward UDP port 9 in order for that to work.

mexicanking

I did try but I get magic packet failed. Can you please check my screen shot of router port forward. Is there something I am doing wrong?

fbradyirl

Yep. Under External, enter port 9 to 9 and it will work. All else is ok.

mexicanking

Still getting Magic packet failed....

fbradyirl

From which site? Have you entered the correct public IP address for your home?

mexicanking

I got it from my router which is same as one on google.

fbradyirl

You should try and get it working internally first before external. Rules out any router issues.

mexicanking

Thanks. I am not sure where I am wrong. But it dosen't even work internally. I have set up WOL under driver properties and power management. But no luck. I am using a Vaio and they don't have bios settings to enable WOL. I have read that it is enabled by default.

ED E

Install "FugueUp" and plonk the vaios MAC into that. See if it works. If it doesnt then its the Vaio failing to respond.

mexicanking

At last got WOL working. Thank you all who tried to help me. The problem is that Vaio won't WOL when shutdown. But it does work when the pc is in sleep. I have two vaios and could not get it work. In works both local and via internet.
Thank you all..