Comments on: Setting Up Remote WOL (Wake On LAN)

By: Nazar

Nazar — Fri, 24 Feb 2017 13:33:38 +0000

In reply to egas.

Hello egas,

Firstly you'll need to setup some stuffs...

Get the fcgi wrapper:
wget http://nginxlibrary.com/downloads/perl-fcgi/fastcgi-wrapper -O /usr/bin/fastcgi-wrapper.pl

Get the fcgi service starter:
wget http://nginxlibrary.com/downloads/perl-fcgi/perl-fcgi -O /etc/init.d/perl-fcgi

Give executable permission to the files above:
chmod +x /usr/bin/fastcgi-wrapper.pl /etc/init.d/perl-fcgi

Setup perl-fcgi to run on boot:
update-rc.d perl-fcgi defaults

Start the perl-fcgi service:
service perl-fcgi start

Add below to your nginx's config:
location ~ \.pl|cgi$ { fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:8999; fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name; include fastcgi_params; }

Reload nginx:
service nginx reload

Then finally place my script anywhere in your nginx's www root.

By: egas

egas — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 22:58:35 +0000

This is awesome Nazar!!!
Do you think you can provide some guidance on how to apply your script to a RPi with already installed with nginx?

By: Nazar

Nazar — Tue, 14 Feb 2017 13:49:51 +0000

In reply to NNNN MM.

Hello Neil,

No problem, do let me know if you need any other help :)

By: NNNN MM

NNNN MM — Tue, 14 Feb 2017 00:27:13 +0000

In reply to Nazar. Nazar, Thanks very much for clarifying. At least I won't spend any more time trying to get WOL to work! Neil Chicago, Illinois

By: Nazar

Nazar — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 23:42:41 +0000

In reply to NNNN MM.

Hello Neil,

This variant of MyCloud does not support WOL. The post is about setting up to wake up other devices within the network that support WOL.

By: NNNN MM

NNNN MM — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 17:52:06 +0000

In reply to Nazar.

Another source about WOL for myCloud says that "older" version of MyCloud don't support WOL. I have tried other WOL solutions (just sending broadcasting the magic packet 255.255.255.0 and other similar ideas) but haven't had any luck so far.

Is there some command I can issue to determine if my 4TB MyCloud Firmware V4* will do WOL? (What a great resource you are!) Thanks Neil Chicago, IL

By: Nazar

Nazar — Thu, 19 May 2016 20:06:19 +0000

wol.pl Updated!
v1.3 – 20160520 – Fixed UDP input on certain browsers. Display saved hosts over active IPs.

By: Nazar

Nazar — Wed, 11 Nov 2015 16:20:28 +0000

wol.pl Updated!
v1.2 – 20151112 – Added pings for offline hosts to help build arp list.