Re: Wake On Lan over the Internet

[ddl@danlan.*com (Dan Lanciani)]

In article <1140617241.787561.159880@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, lucia.grassi@xxxxxxxx (Lucia) writes:

| Dan: how can I add a static ARP entry to the router? I read the manual
| (http://www.corega-international.info/u_pdf/COR-WLBAR-AA_Manual_English.pdf)
| but I didn't find anything related to ARP, there is only one screen
| called "PC Database" that allows the user to add computers with Fixed
| IP addresses, would this help?

The advanced version of the database screen (where you can enter MAC
addresses even of computers not currently connected) was the closest
I could find.  The documentation is not sufficient to tell whether it
really does what you need.

If you cannot set a static ARP mapping another trick is to change the port
forwarding rule to target the broadcast address (either 255.255.255.255
or a suitable directed subnet broadcast address).

If neither approach is possible you may be out of luck with your current
router.

| how can I set a Fixed IP address on my
| PC (Windows 2000 Professional)?

You can go to the properties of the binding/connection for the adapter
and enter a static address rather than DHCP; however there is probably
no real need to do this.  As long as the router understands that the
address is permanently assigned to the machine it will likely answer the
DHCP request correctly.  The IP address is not involved in the wakeup
process on the PC itself; it is just a means to get the router to send
the magic packet to the correct MAC address.

				Dan Lanciani
				ddl@danlan.*com