> On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 21:20:43 -0400, churin wrote:
>
>> Hans-Georg Michna wrote:
>
>>> More details at http://winhlp.com/WxWOL.htm .
>
>> Suppose the WAN IP of the router is 123.456.789.012 and its
>> port-forwarding is set for TCP of 1234 to a local IP of the PC which I
>> want to turned on.  Can I turn on the PC from the internet by typing the
>> following URL in the address bar of a browser and press Enter key?
>>
>> http://123.456.789.012:1234
>
> Churin,
>
> no. As http://winhlp.com/WxWOL.htm already explains, a computer
> that is not switched on does not have an IP address. Therefore a
> packet to an IP address cannot be routed to that computer.
>
> I would recommend again to read that web page. It explains
> exactly what you want to know.
>

>I have read the article in the web page but I am not certain if I
>understood correctly. The following is my understanding of what is said
>under the heading of "Wake On LAN over the Internet":
>
>The process advances in the steps as follows:
>
>1.  Send from the internet, "WOL packet" with a port # specified, to the
>router.
>2.  The packet is port-forwarded to an internal broadcast address.
>3.  Then, broadcast packets are sent out into the LAN.
>4.  The target PC is turned on.
>
>In order for this to work, the router is capable of recognizing the "WOL
>packet".
>
>Is my understanding as above correct?

> On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 18:17:38 -0400, churin wrote:
>
>> I have read the article in the web page but I am not certain if I
>> understood correctly. The following is my understanding of what is said
>> under the heading of "Wake On LAN over the Internet":
>>
>> The process advances in the steps as follows:
>>
>> 1.  Send from the internet, "WOL packet" with a port # specified, to the
>> router.
>> 2.  The packet is port-forwarded to an internal broadcast address.
>> 3.  Then, broadcast packets are sent out into the LAN.
>> 4.  The target PC is turned on.
>>
>> In order for this to work, the router is capable of recognizing the "WOL
>> packet".
>>
>> Is my understanding as above correct?
>
> Churin,
>
> yes, that's one possible way, but to my knowledge this doesn't
> work with most routers. It seems that the router has to help a
> little bit, and most routers don't do that. You have to try and
> see if yours does it.
>
> The other, more promising method is to find out whether your
> router supports some method. My router, for example, does it via
> a telnet command, as you have already read in
> http://winhlp.com/WxWOL.htm .
>