Turning on pc from internet

churin

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I can turn on a pc from another machine on the same home network, but can not from the Internet.
I am doing this Wake-On-WAN experiment at home by using two machines each connected to the Internet through different ISP.

The problem must be somewhere in the BIOS or the router setting for the machine to be turned on.
I reviewed the BIOS and found the relevant option was enabled by default. As for the router(D-Link DIR 655), I set the portforwarding for the machine with a arbitrary port number assigned. I did not see anything else relevant but I might have missed something.

To send the magic packet, I am using depicus GUI. I also tried one at dslreports website.

Any suggestion is appreciated.
 
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My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
OS
W7 Ult x64, W8 Pro x64 and W10 Pro x64
CPU
Phenom FX6300
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 rev. 1.2
Memory
16GB DDR3 1866 G.Skill F3-1866C9D-16GWM x2
Graphics Card(s)
Radeon R7 360
Sound Card
Asus Xonar DS
Monitor(s) Displays
27" x2, Dell P2715Q
Screen Resolution
3840 x 2160
Hard Drives
Samsung 850Pro 1TB SSD - system
Samsung 4TB SSD - Data
PSU
Corsair CX450M
Case
Corsair 200R
Cooling
Zalman CNPS5X Performa
Internet Speed
400Mbps/12Mbps
Other Info
2nd machine: Same as above
3rd machine: Apple MacAir with W7 Ult installed
I can turn on a pc from another machine on the same home network, but can not from the Internet.
I am doing this Wake-On-WAN experiment at home by using two machines each connected to the Internet through different ISP.

The problem must be somewhere in the BIOS or the router setting for the machine to be turned on.
I reviewed the BIOS and found the relevant option was enabled by default. As for the router(D-Link DIR 655), I set the portforwarding for the machine with a arbitrary port number assigned. I did not see anything else relevant but I might have missed something.

To send the magic packet, I am using depicus GUI. I also tried one at dslreports website.

Any suggestion is appreciated.


Dslreports says
If you are on DSL, it may be useful to wake your PC up from a remote location. All you need do is specify your IP address, and your MAC address. These can be found by using winipcfg command for windows, or ifconfig for Linux. Some Macs display the MAC address on a sticker.


Are you on DSL?
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP Pavillion dv-7 1005 Tx
OS
Win 8 Release candidate 8400
CPU
[email protected]
Memory
4 gigs
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia 9600M
Sound Card
HD built-in
Monitor(s) Displays
17" Wxga
Screen Resolution
1440x900
Cooling
none
Internet Speed
45Mb down 5Mb up
You'll also need to forward port 9 UDP through your router to the workstation in question, per the instructions.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell Optiplex
OS
Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
Memory
4096
Thanks everyone for your responses.
The machine to be turned on is connected to, if awoken, to the Internet through the ISP by Comcast, and the machine to send the magic packet is connected by the ATT's dsl. I do not think it matter how the machine is connected to the Internet.
I assigned 9 for the UDP port in order to use the magic packet sender at dslreports' website.
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
OS
W7 Ult x64, W8 Pro x64 and W10 Pro x64
CPU
Phenom FX6300
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 rev. 1.2
Memory
16GB DDR3 1866 G.Skill F3-1866C9D-16GWM x2
Graphics Card(s)
Radeon R7 360
Sound Card
Asus Xonar DS
Monitor(s) Displays
27" x2, Dell P2715Q
Screen Resolution
3840 x 2160
Hard Drives
Samsung 850Pro 1TB SSD - system
Samsung 4TB SSD - Data
PSU
Corsair CX450M
Case
Corsair 200R
Cooling
Zalman CNPS5X Performa
Internet Speed
400Mbps/12Mbps
Other Info
2nd machine: Same as above
3rd machine: Apple MacAir with W7 Ult installed
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