wak-on-lan WOL with fios actiontec router

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REMEMBER TO TURN OFF TELNET ACCESS ON YOUR ROUTER WHEN YOU ARE DONE!

This works only with never versions of the actiontec router. the older versions would not allow telnet to work under any OS. I got a new one in the mail after my power supply melted and I tried it again, and poof, telnet easily.

remember you must turn on telnet in windows, it doesn't just work out of the command prompt. and your router needs to allow telnet on a port like 23 in the firewall settings for remote control for either or both the intranet (192.168.1.1) or over the internet (web or different networks in the same building) 70.2.145.23 for example as your external IP of the router.

INTRA VS INTERNET remote access






The following instructions allow you to send a Wake-On-Lan (WOL) "Magic Packet" from the internet to a PC on your LAN behind the Actiontec NAT firewall.

From the PC you want to wake:

Make sure that the NIC supports WOL.
Make sure WOL is enabled in the machine BIOS
Make a note of the IP address or machine name.
Make a note of the MAC address of the NIC you want to receive the magic packet. e.g. aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff


Unfortunately, the Actiontec firmware (as of version 4.0.16.1.56.0.10.7) ages out its ARP cache. This means that when it receives a WOL packet from the WAN, it may have "forgotten" the IP address associated with the MAC address in the WOL packet. The Actiontec also does not allow creating a port forwarding rule to the LAN broadcast address (192.168.1.255). To get around both of these restrictions, we need to create a static ARP entry in the router that associates an unused IP address (192.168.1.254) with the broadcast MAC address (FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF).



Telnet to router:

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	telnet 192.168.1.1
	username: admin
	password: ******

If you are unable to connect to the router, do the following:

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    Go to Advanced
    Click on Local Administration
    Check Using Primary Telnet Port (23)
    Apply

At the prompt, enter either (depends on model of router):

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        Wireless Broadband Router> system shell

BusyBox v0.50 (2007.11.14-21:26+0000) Built-in shell (lash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

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	/ # arp -s 192.168.1.254 FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
	/ #

Note: This static ARP entry will not survive a reboot of the router.

Now login to the Actiontec and Add WAKE-ON-LAN as a port forward protocol in the Actiontec:

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    Click on ADVANCED icon at top
    Select Protocols
    ADD (at bottom of list)
    Service name: Wake-On-LAN
    Add server port
    Protocol: UDP
    Source port: ANY
    Dest port: SINGLE 9
    APPLY
    APPLY. Wake-On-LAN should now appear in the list of protocols.
    CLOSE

Add the Port Forward Rule

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    Click on FIREWALL icon at top
    Select Port Forwarding on left menu.
    ADD
    Device: 192.168.1.254
    Protocol: Select Wake-On-LAN
    Forward to port: 9
    APPLY
    APPLY. You should now see Wake-On-LAN for UDP in the list of forwarded ports.

SECURITY RISK: This port forward rule should only be enabled when necessary since it will turn any packet received on port 9 into a broadcast packet on your LAN. Recommendation: If the software you are using supports it, I would suggest using an obscure port number, such as 10009, rather than the well known port 9 (security by obscurity).

You can send a WOL packet from here: »/wakeup The DSLReports WOL tool only supports port 9.

If you have trouble, a WOL sniffer can be downloaded here: http://www.depicus.com/download.aspx?product=wolm
The above site also has a variety of other WOL tools.