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#279885 15-Nov-2020 08:24
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Hello I would like to add Wake on Lan to my home computer to access it from work without just leaving it on. 

 

I have watched a few videos and read a few forums with no luck.  

 

 

 

I have -

 

A static IP

 

Computer hooked up by ethernet cable

 

Computer goes to sleep/hibernate

 

Vodafone Ultra Hub.

 

GA-78MLT-USB3 6.0 Motherboard

 

 

 

So far I have 

 

- Network Sharing -> change adapter settings -> config -> Power ->Allow all the options.  I only have a Ethernet network connect option, no local area or anything.  See hidden files is on. 

 

 

 

- On the router the only thing I have done is gone to settings -> Lan -> Added Static DHCP - Home Network. The IP address I used in this option was the IPv4 found from ipconfig. 

 

 

 

I believe it is on in the BIOS I could not see a direct WOL option, just a wake up from radio broadcast. 

 

 

 

Any help would be amazing. I am not great with this stuff. 

 

 

 

Thank you. 


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  #2603986 15-Nov-2020 09:59
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If you don’t know what you’re doing then you can quickly expose your internal network to the internet which can be very dangerous and quickly get you malware or viruses.
Easiest and safest way is to have a raspberry Pi or similar running OpenVPN or WireGuard as a VPN app. Then you can port forward the VPN port to your Pi from the internet. Then VPN in and on the Pi run etherboot or wol or similar wake on lan app to wake them up.
That is exactly how I do it, and getting a functional VPN into your internal network is the first step.

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