Router (PlusNet 2704n) technical question (WOL)
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Router (PlusNet 2704n) technical question (WOL)
10-12-2015 10:08 AM
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Due to the lack of competences of the PlusNet support team, I'm posting this technical question here.
No one at PlusNet could answer me as apparently they don't know the products they are selling.
Anyway, I try to setup Wake on Lan on my machine.
Everything is setup properly, but it seems that the magic packet never reach my machine.
- Is there a way to check when a magic packet is arriving ? (on a powered ON machine just for test)
- Does this router support that Wake on Lan feature ? (WOL)
Thanks,
Justin
Re: Router (PlusNet 2704n) technical question (WOL)
10-12-2015 10:16 AM
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I did have the network card set to always stay on while in sleep mode (Windows 7)
Re: Router (PlusNet 2704n) technical question (WOL)
10-12-2015 10:24 AM
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Thanks for your answer;
Yes I did setup everything on my machine (BIOS, Network card, Windows etc)
I also forwarded the port I want to this machine.
That is why I'm questioning the capabilities of that router now...
Thanks,
Justin
Re: Router (PlusNet 2704n) technical question (WOL)
10-12-2015 1:08 PM
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Phil
Using a TP-Link Archer VR600 modem-router.
Re: Router (PlusNet 2704n) technical question (WOL)
10-12-2015 1:17 PM
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Re: Router (PlusNet 2704n) technical question (WOL)
10-12-2015 2:48 PM
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I found that Depicus has a nice sniffer software to check if the packets arrive well :
https://www.depicus.com/wake-on-lan/wake-on-lan-monitor
I can see the packet ; and can wake up my machine when it's on sleep but not when it's powered off.
So to answer my question: Apparently yes, this router forwards magic packets.
I'll investigate more my settings regarding waking up the machine from power Off.
Cheers,
Justin
Re: Router (PlusNet 2704n) technical question (WOL)
10-12-2015 10:01 PM
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Re: Router (PlusNet 2704n) technical question (WOL)
11-12-2015 11:19 AM
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But now it seems to work;
It doesn't work when the machine has been turned off after some time. I guess it is because my IP was dynamic; I set it to static; will do some more tests later.
Also, something that the PlusNet support didn't tell me:
The router is a Sagem 2704N and you can access some more advanced settings here :
http://192.168.1.254/expert_user.html
That's really a shame from them not to say that. I can now check my router ARP table....
Cheers,
Justin
Re: Router (PlusNet 2704n) technical question (WOL)
11-12-2015 12:45 PM
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The 'magic' WOL packet is sent to a MAC address rather than an IP, since the machine is not on at this point in time and therefore doesn't have an IP. The router forwarding is probably done via IP and as long as the ARP table has an entry it will work. Once the machine has been off for some time it's likely that the entry is purged from the ARP cache.
Quote It doesn't work when the machine has been turned off after some time.
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Re: Router (PlusNet 2704n) technical question (WOL)
11-12-2015 6:01 PM
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Quote from: MisterW The router forwarding is probably done via IP and as long as the ARP table has an entry it will work. Once the machine has been off for some time it's likely that the entry is purged from the ARP cache.
Agreed:
If there's a setting in the router to "always use the same IP address" that may help preserve the PC's entry in the routers ARP table. Better than using a static IP address in the PC.
Re: Router (PlusNet 2704n) technical question (WOL)
11-12-2015 6:11 PM
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it might well be that it has a bios setting which allows the lan port to remain active (for WOL) at all times regardless of the pc's state which in turn would keep it with an active entry in the arp cache
Re: Router (PlusNet 2704n) technical question (WOL)
14-12-2015 7:01 PM
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Re: Router (PlusNet 2704n) technical question (WOL)
16-12-2015 5:34 PM
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Quote from: Justin76 The router is a Sagem 2704N and you can access some more advanced settings here :
http://192.168.1.254/expert_user.html
Top man!
Interestingly Chrome wouldn't finish opening that page but seamonkey had no problem.
Re: Router (PlusNet 2704n) technical question (WOL)
18-12-2015 1:24 AM
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There's one or two lurking on the Fibre and ADSL boards where there are some of the issues and unfortunately few resolutions mentioned.
Re: Router (PlusNet 2704n) technical question (WOL)
18-12-2015 9:06 PM
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I mainly use (down to rarely used):
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