fcm4711 wrote: > Hi there > > There are websites which allow you to wake your server over the > internet. > > If you want to wake a server over the internet then indeed you need to > provide the correct ip address (your routers public ip) and the mac > address of the sever on your network you want to wake up. > > The packet then needs to be sent to the public ip address and the > router will need to be able and correctly setup to route this WOL > packet to the internal network in order to wake your server. > > I don't know if there is a special port assigned and used for that, but > I am sure an internet search will reveal that. > > Felix >
I know you can send WOL packets inside a broadcast UDP packet. I implemented that for Videobox (before SS supported WOL I think). To be able to send a WOL packet from the internet your route should know which MAC address the IP used to (the PC is now sleeping) belong to. I don't know how that works. This seems to explain it: http://www.depicus.com/wake-on-lan/what-is-wake-on-lan.aspx Regards, Peter _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
