Media for Wake On Lan over the Internet

Wake On Lan over the Internet

I have a PC connected to the Internet via a Corega router

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I have been trying to wake up my PC from a remote location sending a WOL magic packet over the Internet.

In my router I have added the following firewall service:

Name: WOL Type: UDP Start port: 5850 Finish port: 5850

Then I have added the following incoming firewall rule:

Service: I have selected the service I have previously created Action: allow always Comment: Wake On Lan Send to LAN Server: I have selected my PC (it is the only one connected to the router) WAN users: Any Log: Always

When I send a Wake On Lan magic packet over the Internet with the Depicus tool

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am able to wake up my PC :-)

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.

How is that and how can I fix it?

thanks for your support

Lucia Italy