Remote turn on of office computer

[Old and In the Way]

I recently got a nifty utility that allows me to turn on my office computer that's in sleep mode, called WakeOnLan. Saves me from having to walk upstairs into the office to push the button to turn it on, lazy bastard that I am. Here's my question....how can I do this same function connected from someone else's network? I'm heading up to see the family for a few days and I want to be able to check my office e-mail and access files as needed. I have Teamviewer that would allow me to remote control and use the Office PC...but I need to figure out how to wake it from slumber mode to use it...any suggestions?

[ChromeFoundry]

1. WOL functions on Port 9 - UDP

You would need to open up UDP on Port 9 on their router for the IP address. If they are using NAT, you will also need to forward port 9 traffic to the said computer... which will require a DHCP Static IP address reservation or Static hard-coded IP address.

This is usually not the most secure configuration, because you are directly exposing an internal workstation to the public network.

The easiest method, offering a little more secure access, would be to configure a server (web or other) in a DMZ that has access to both the internal network and the public side. A web page could trigger a script that issues a command line utility to execute the WOL function (many of these utilities exists for free) to the specified IP/MAC address.

Oh, and one other note: This other PC will need to have WOL turned on in its BIOS.

[Old and In the Way]

2. Thanks....I guess that's not going to happen.

That's a little too complicated for my simple mind. I was hoping there was a utility out there that could access my router and then wake up with a WOL type command. I'm afraid I'd end up screwing up one of my family's networks. I can access my e-mail off the net, so it's not a really big deal.

[ChromeFoundry]

3. If you can name the Router and Model number...

I may be able to find a tutorial on setting up the forwarding of the UDP packets. It's not really as hard as it seems when it's all written out like this. It looks overwhelming - but it is not. All this is doing is punching a hole through your router to the computer... making a tunnel, so to speak, but only for a very exact type of traffic.