Airport Extreme & Wireless Wake on Demand

[shlauncha]

So I recently upgraded my router to the Airport Extreme, based on the information that it supported Wireless Wake On Demand. I would like to be able to wake my computer from sleep over the internet or iphone. (from outside the network)

Can anybody shed some light on if this is actually possible, and if so how I could go about setting it up? I've spent countless hours tying to figure it out to no avail.

Thank you much

 

[blueroom]

It's more something your PC has to support. I've never seen WiFi wakeup but most wired cards support a magic packet.

 

[shlauncha]

I have a recent iMac(1 generation old) and I am hooked up to an Airport Extreme. According to Apple, it should be possible:

Wireless Wake on Demand

You can use Wake on Demand wirelessly with recently-shipping Macs. If you have an earlier Mac that you installed Mac OS X v10.6 on, verify that your Mac supports wireless Wake on Demand:

1. Open System Profiler (located in /Applications/Utilities).
2. In the Network section, click AirPort.

If you see "Wake On Wireless: Supported", your Mac supports Wake on Demand when connected to your wireless network and automatically registered with the Sleep Proxy Server.

I Just can't figure out the configuration, or, if I have to be on the network to wake it.

 

[jayhawk11]

I have a recent iMac(1 generation old) and I am hooked up to an Airport Extreme. According to Apple, it should be possible:



I Just can't figure out the configuration, or, if I have to be on the network to wake it.

It's in Energy Saver preferences. See here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3774

 

[shlauncha]

It's in Energy Saver preferences. See here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3774

Thanks. Yeah, I've read all that and enabled it, I just can't figure out how to wake my computer from outside of the network. LogMeIn wont wake the computer so I am trying to find some alternative method. Theoretically its possible, I just can't figure out how.

 

[EmpyreanUK]

I take it LogMeIn is some kind of iPhone app? If so, does it have to have a client installed on Mac? For wake on wireless to work, I'm fairly sure the service on the Mac needs to be registered on Bonjour. I've obviously no idea whether this applies to your situation, or whether any client software already registers itself on Bonjour, but this link might be helpful for you this turns out to be relevant to you:

http://gigaom.com/apple/how-to-expand-wake-on-demand-support-under-os-x-10-6/

 

[shlauncha]

Thanks, I'll check it out!

 

[macnmotion]

did you ever figure this out?

I have an iMac and mac laptop, both with wireless wakeup capability turned on. they are both connected to the Internet wirelessly through my brand new Airport Extreme with updated firmware. I can use a free ipad app to wake the machines from within my own network, but I can't get it to work outside the network. I can't find any specific steps outlined anywhere.

Can anyone list the specific steps/software on my iPad that will make this work from outside my network?

Thanks.