
If you think of the way it works, you could even do WoL across the Internet, where you do not have the hand on the intermediate routers.
#Wakeonlan specify interface mac#
When they get there, the client LAN's router say "eh-up, this is my IP subnet broadcast address I had better put a broadcast MAC header on it." But it will only do that if you have configured ip directed-broadcast on the target LAN. These unicasts are routed through the network in the normal way until they reach the destination LAN. What the ip helper-address command does, is to recognise broadcasts on the server LAN, and convert them into unicasts to the address you specify: in my example 192.168.42.255.
#Wakeonlan specify interface software#
pfSense software will transmit a WOL Magic Packet out the chosen interface, and if everything went as planned, the system will power on and. The MAC address of the target host in the format xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx.

subnet mask), you can specify the value of additional extended DHCP. Wake On LAN (WOL) is the ability of a network interface to turn the system on or awaken it from hibernation when a magic packet is received over the. The interface through which the firewall can reach the target host. You can have as many ip helper-address commands as you need to cover the remote LANs you have.Īs Rick says, if you have multiple routers between the server and clients, then the ip helper-address commands only need to be on the LAN that hosts your management server. LAN interface settings are located at Network>LAN>Network Settings/Port Settings. Our technical support is only available to help you set up your Keenetic router. The BIOS, operating system, and network interface card settings are for advanced computer users only. If the remote PCs are distributed across several remote LANs, you will need one ip helper-address command on the "central" LAN for each and every remote LAN you are trying to get to. For information on configuring the BIOS/UEFI settings and enabling the Wake-on-LAN ability, please refer to your motherboard's user manual. You should put the ip helper-address on the LAN where you have the management server that is trying to wake up the remote PCs. I am trying to enable wakeonLAN for the ethernet interface, but am receiving an error message as follows: sudo ethtool -s eth0 wol g Cannot set new wake-on-lan. Could I just clarify the answer that Rick gave? I fear that it might give the impression that the ip helper-address is on the remote LAN, which it is not.
