Re: Wake On Lan over the Internet

[Ian Shef <invalid@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Lucia" <lucia.grassi@xxxxxxxx> wrote in news:1140540704.285699.30430
@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com:

> I have a PC connected to the Internet via a Corega router
> (http://www.corega-international.com/4/54/273/chprd.html).
>
> I have been trying to wake up my PC from a remote location sending a
> WOL magic packet over the Internet.
>
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>
> But this works only within a certain amount of time that my PC has been
> switched off :-(
> After a while it does NOT work anymore.
>
<snip>

Does your PC have a fixed IP address or does it haved a dynamic (DHCP)
address?  DHCP addresses have a limited lifetime (lease time).


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