I just purchased a new computer running Windows 7 Professional x64. I'd like to save power by having it sleep after an hour, but I would also like to be able to Remote Desktop into it at my leisure.
I set up a static IP and have port forwarding set up on the router. If the computer is awake, the RDP connection works just fine.
I downloaded and installed Wake-On-LAN thanks to this article
If I put my new computer to sleep and send the magic packet from my old computer inside of my home network it wakes up. If I do the same thing, however, from my work computer outside the network it does not.
I figured the Firewall was blocking the incoming traffic, but nothing in the Windows Firewall logs points to this happening.
I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions or any tests I can run through in order to narrow down what the problem might be.
Best Answer
I had a similar problem as yours, and I used a webpage on my server to send the magic packet.
I used the code and WolAsp.dll from Depicus:
From their FAQ page:
I wonder if somewhere along the line, the packet's being blocked. You can try Depicus' WoL on the Internet page and see if the packet will reach your computer.