How do I implement wake up on lan (WoL)? (lemm.ee)

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I'm running an old server at home, an IBM system x3400 m3, rocking two x5675 intel processors.

I currently have Windows Pro (NOT Server) installed on it and connected to it remotely through Parsec (opened a port on my router). I've tried using duckDNS to associate my IP with a domain, and got the service running on my server to automatically refresh the IP.

This server is my primary rig, used for gaming but also to host my family's photos through Plex and backup photos from phones through Resilio file Sync.

However, the server doesn't have the best power consumption, so I'd like to use WoL to remotely turn it on. I've enabled it in the BIOS, have checked the drivers to enable it, and tried using TeamViewer to use Wake on Lan, but it doesn't seem to work.

Any suggestions on how to remotely turn it on? (the server also has KVM I think, or at least an apparently useless network port, tho I'm not exactly sure what that does)

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[-] SteveTech@programming.dev 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

A lot of people are saying WOL doesn't work over the internet, but I've got it working.

Basically port forward UDP 9 to your broadcast address (the last possible IP in your subnet), eg. 192.168.1.255. Then send the WOL to your public IP which will then get broadcasted out over your network by your router.

Typing this out, I realised this seems like a horrible security practice, so I'll probably disable it soon anyway, now that I've got multiple servers and a failover VPN.

[-] Gecko@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

yeah, tunneling into your local network and then calling WoL from there is the way to go.

[-] SteveTech@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I only really used it when the computer running my tunnel wasn't on, but that's not an issue for me anymore.

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