WOL w Asuswrt Merlin

[paulb787]

Hey,

I have been trying to get WOL working and just havnt been able to do so on stock or merlin but dd-wrt no problem. I believe it has something to do with needing a static arp. It will work sometimes but not all.

DD-WRT uses arp -i br0 -s 192.168.1.254 FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF in the commands. It says not to change the mac and just use FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF..

would there be a way to set this up in asuswrt merlin. I prefer that firmware over dd-wrt.

Thanks

 

[itandy]

Hey,

I have been trying to get WOL working and just havnt been able to do so on stock or merlin but dd-wrt no problem. I believe it has something to do with needing a static arp. It will work sometimes but not all.

DD-WRT uses arp -i br0 -s 192.168.1.254 FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF in the commands. It says not to change the mac and just use FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF..

would there be a way to set this up in asuswrt merlin. I prefer that firmware over dd-wrt.

Thanks

I'm actually using the same arp command together with port forward and WOL works fine even from Internet.

 

[paulb787]

should I use arp -I br0 -s 192.168.1.111 FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF

OR arp -I br0 -s 192.168.1.1111 My:ACTUAL:MAC

or

I have seen

arp -s 192.168.1.1111 My:ACTUAL:MAC


and where should I put it? in services-start script?

 

[itandy]

should I use arp -I br0 -s 192.168.1.111 FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF

OR arp -I br0 -s 192.168.1.1111 My:ACTUAL:MAC

or

I have seen

arp -s 192.168.1.1111 My:ACTUAL:MAC


and where should I put it? in services-start script?

You should always use FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF in arp command. You only use the real MAC address in WOL client.

I guess service-start is fine. But I also add a cru command in that script to create a cron job to refresh that arp command every hour. Otherwise it'll be removed sooner or later.

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EDIT: I checked and found that my arp command is added in wan-start while the cron command in init-start.