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Port Forwarding to broadcast IP doesn't work.

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Hooch

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2023-05-02 15:05:37 - last edited 2023-05-11 11:30:08

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Port Forwarding to broadcast IP doesn't work.

2023-05-02 15:05:37 - last edited 2023-05-11 11:30:08

Hi.

I'm trying to forward the incoming WOL packet to the broadcast IP address.

When I forward directly to PC 192.168.5.100 I can see packet using Wireshark and PC wakes up.
When I forward to 192.168.5.255 I do not see the packet using Wireshark and PC does not wake up.

How do I make it so that packet is broadcasted to entire 192.168.10.1/24 network?

This is my settings:

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Virgo

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2023-05-05 09:11:57 - last edited 2023-05-11 11:30:08

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Re:Port Forwarding to broadcast IP doesn't work.-Solution

2023-05-05 09:11:57 - last edited 2023-05-11 11:30:08

@Hooch

Hi, whilst 192.168.10.0 & 192.168.10.255 are both valid IPs, they are reserved numbers and are NOT available for user assigning.

The 192.168.10.0 is used by the system to denote the actual subnet start, and 192.168.10.255 is reserved as the broadcast IP.

The assignment is only possible from 192.168.10.0 to 192.168.10.255.

Just striving to develop myself while helping others.

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Re:Port Forwarding to broadcast IP doesn't work.-Solution

2023-05-05 09:11:57 - last edited 2023-05-11 11:30:08

@Hooch

Hi, whilst 192.168.10.0 & 192.168.10.255 are both valid IPs, they are reserved numbers and are NOT available for user assigning.

The 192.168.10.0 is used by the system to denote the actual subnet start, and 192.168.10.255 is reserved as the broadcast IP.

The assignment is only possible from 192.168.10.0 to 192.168.10.255.

Just striving to develop myself while helping others.

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