ASUS RT-N66U - will it forward Wake On Lan packet to broadcast address?

[andy_d]

I'd like to set up my server to wake with a packet forward while I'm away from my apartment. Wondering if the Asus router allows it? If not, would it work with Merlin's firmware?

 

[RMerlin]

I'd like to set up my server to wake with a packet forward while I'm away from my apartment. Wondering if the Asus router allows it? If not, would it work with Merlin's firmware?

No, and allowing that is a bad idea. Use a VPN + WOL webpage, or AiCloud to remotely wake a computer.

 

[andy_d]

Ok I'll look into setting up the vpn then.

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[vacaloca]

No, and allowing that is a bad idea. Use a VPN + WOL webpage, or AiCloud to remotely wake a computer.

I'm curious as to why it's a bad idea?

For what it's worth, the way I did it with Merlin firmware was to:
1) Administration -> System -> Enable SSH, JFFS & format on first boot
2) Reboot router, SSH in
3) Create nat-start user script (see readme that comes with merlin firmware) in /jffs/scripts with the contents:

#!/bin/sh
arp -i br0 -s 192.168.1.254 FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF

4) Set the nat-start script as executable... i.e. chmod a+rx nat-start
5) Set up port forwarding through the GUI from 192.168.1.254 to ports 7 and/or 9.
6) Reboot router if necessary.

(Make sure to limit the DHCP allocation to .253 so it doesn't assign .254)
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WOL with ASUSWRT-Merlin

Since I may not be successful with my WOL project using ASUSWRT (http://forums.smallnetbuilder.com/showthread.php?t=19403) i'm considering installing ASUSWRT-merlin instead. The WIKI has a WOL script...

www.snbforums.com

 

[RMerlin]

I'm curious as to why it's a bad idea?

There is zero authentication involved. This is a security risk, plus I've seen a fair amount of people who decided to go ahead anyway, and came back complaining that their machine kept randomly waking up, thanks to random port scanners on the Internet.

 

[andy_d]

I did stick with vpn waking and it works well enough. I see no reason to do it any other way

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[vacaloca]

There is zero authentication involved. This is a security risk, plus I've seen a fair amount of people who decided to go ahead anyway, and came back complaining that their machine kept randomly waking up, thanks to random port scanners on the Internet.

Fair enough, I'll look into the VPN way if I have issues with port scanners. Thanks.