- #BROADCOM WIRELESS DRIVER WINDOWS 7 DELL XPS 8900 HOW TO#
- #BROADCOM WIRELESS DRIVER WINDOWS 7 DELL XPS 8900 INSTALL#
Wake-on-LAN Packet sniffer v1.1 ( direct download ) - This nifty little free tool was incredibly useful when paired with the above site to verify that the magic packets were actually getting through to my computer.Alternately you can use another computer on your LAN to test it, but be sure to use your computers' WAN IP address to ensure it actually works from outside your LAN. When you get the schedule set correctly is should tell you how many minutes before it sends the packets at the top. I had to set the schedule time to EST while keeping the timezone set to my timezone. - Can auto send you magic packets on a schedule though the schedule is messed up.Open UDP for Port 9 in Windows Firewall.Start Service "Simple TCP/IP Service" (enables ports 7 & 9).
#BROADCOM WIRELESS DRIVER WINDOWS 7 DELL XPS 8900 INSTALL#
#BROADCOM WIRELESS DRIVER WINDOWS 7 DELL XPS 8900 HOW TO#
There are numerous steps to the process, so I'm first going to outline all of them to give you a nice overview of how to get setup.
I could put my computer to sleep and still be able to wake it up remotely so I can RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) into it to access my files while away. My whole purpose for doing this was in the interest of saving power. In my scouring the web, I found many like me experiencing the same woes in setting up their WOL. This was such a nightmare to troubleshoot that I just had to document the process.