My mother's trusty 4+ year old iMac G5 is starting to have heat issues 
(Northbridge over 180� F with occasional kernel panics), so we've 
configured it to sleep when not in use. 

So I wanted to see if I could get Wake On LAN working over the net, but 
so far haven't had success. The computer is connected directly to a 
cable modem - no router, and has the OS X firewall turned on. The System 
Preferences > Energy Saver > Power Adapter > Options > Wake for Ethernet 
administrator access checkbox is checked. I have an Airport Extreme on 
my end, which doesn't do any outbound port blocking TMK. Seems like it 
should work, but I get no response.

Has anyone here ever successfully done WOL from one Mac to another over 
the net?

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In article <jollyroger-1EF39D.22082902042009@news.individual.net>,
 Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:

> My mother's trusty 4+ year old iMac G5 is starting to have heat issues 
> (Northbridge over 180� F with occasional kernel panics), so we've 
> configured it to sleep when not in use. 
> 
> So I wanted to see if I could get Wake On LAN working over the net, but 
> so far haven't had success. The computer is connected directly to a 
> cable modem - no router, and has the OS X firewall turned on. The System 
> Preferences > Energy Saver > Power Adapter > Options > Wake for Ethernet 
> administrator access checkbox is checked. I have an Airport Extreme on 
> my end, which doesn't do any outbound port blocking TMK. Seems like it 
> should work, but I get no response.
> 
> Has anyone here ever successfully done WOL from one Mac to another over 
> the net?

So out of curiosity, I tried setting the firewall to "Allow all incoming 
connections", and sure enough, I was able to wake the machine. I then 
tried setting the firewall to "Allow only essential services" and was 
able to wake it that way as well. But when the firewall is set to "Set 
access for specific services and applications", WOL doesn't work.  

Obviously the firewall is blocking or dropping the WOL packets in this 
mode. The question is, how can I configure it to allow the WOL packets 
to hit the interface and wake the system?

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In article <jollyroger-13BE49.22332202042009@news.individual.net>,
 Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:

> In article <jollyroger-1EF39D.22082902042009@news.individual.net>,
>  Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
> 
> > My mother's trusty 4+ year old iMac G5 is starting to have heat issues 
> > (Northbridge over 180� F with occasional kernel panics), so we've 
> > configured it to sleep when not in use. 
> > 
> > So I wanted to see if I could get Wake On LAN working over the net, but 
> > so far haven't had success. The computer is connected directly to a 
> > cable modem - no router, and has the OS X firewall turned on. The System 
> > Preferences > Energy Saver > Power Adapter > Options > Wake for Ethernet 
> > administrator access checkbox is checked. I have an Airport Extreme on 
> > my end, which doesn't do any outbound port blocking TMK. Seems like it 
> > should work, but I get no response.
> > 
> > Has anyone here ever successfully done WOL from one Mac to another over 
> > the net?
> 
> So out of curiosity, I tried setting the firewall to "Allow all incoming 
> connections", and sure enough, I was able to wake the machine. I then 
> tried setting the firewall to "Allow only essential services" and was 
> able to wake it that way as well. But when the firewall is set to "Set 
> access for specific services and applications", WOL doesn't work.  
> 
> Obviously the firewall is blocking or dropping the WOL packets in this 
> mode. The question is, how can I configure it to allow the WOL packets 
> to hit the interface and wake the system?

WoL is way before software, inside the network interface hardware.  It 
could be that the security setting is turning off broadcasts in the 
hardware.  Another big problem with WoL over the Internet is the 
routing.  There needs to be a router upstream of it that will reliably 
forward broadcast packets.  It sounds like, in your case, the modem 
needs to forward them even when it's not talking to the computer.

This may help:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake-on-LAN

As for the overheating, it may be the infamous counterfeit capacitors.  
Just one month after Apple's extended warranty ended, half the 
capacitors in my iMac G5 and its power supply dried up.  The bus 
controller is on the back side of the board pressed up against an 
aluminum plate.  I think the fan near the hard drive cools it.

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In article <49d58b2d$0$95511$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>,
 Kevin McMurtrie <kevinmcm@sonic.net> wrote:

> In article <jollyroger-13BE49.22332202042009@news.individual.net>,
>  Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
> 
> > In article <jollyroger-1EF39D.22082902042009@news.individual.net>,
> >  Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > My mother's trusty 4+ year old iMac G5 is starting to have heat issues 
> > > (Northbridge over 180� F with occasional kernel panics), so we've 
> > > configured it to sleep when not in use. 
> > > 
> > > So I wanted to see if I could get Wake On LAN working over the net, but 
> > > so far haven't had success. The computer is connected directly to a 
> > > cable modem - no router, and has the OS X firewall turned on. The System 
> > > Preferences > Energy Saver > Power Adapter > Options > Wake for Ethernet 
> > > administrator access checkbox is checked. I have an Airport Extreme on 
> > > my end, which doesn't do any outbound port blocking TMK. Seems like it 
> > > should work, but I get no response.
> > > 
> > > Has anyone here ever successfully done WOL from one Mac to another over 
> > > the net?
> > 
> > So out of curiosity, I tried setting the firewall to "Allow all incoming 
> > connections", and sure enough, I was able to wake the machine. I then 
> > tried setting the firewall to "Allow only essential services" and was 
> > able to wake it that way as well. But when the firewall is set to "Set 
> > access for specific services and applications", WOL doesn't work.  
> > 
> > Obviously the firewall is blocking or dropping the WOL packets in this 
> > mode. The question is, how can I configure it to allow the WOL packets 
> > to hit the interface and wake the system?
> 
> WoL is way before software, inside the network interface hardware.  It 
> could be that the security setting is turning off broadcasts in the 
> hardware.  

If that's the case, I wonder if there's a way to disable that 
functionality.

> Another big problem with WoL over the Internet is the 
> routing.  There needs to be a router upstream of it that will reliably 
> forward broadcast packets.  It sounds like, in your case, the modem 
> needs to forward them even when it's not talking to the computer.
> 
> This may help:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake-on-LAN

Well we've established that the modem is indeed forwarding the packets 
to the computer when the firewall is set to one of the first two modes. 
I suspect the modem is also forwarding them with the firewall in the 
third mode, but the computer is ignoring them.

> As for the overheating, it may be the infamous counterfeit capacitors.  
> Just one month after Apple's extended warranty ended, half the 
> capacitors in my iMac G5 and its power supply dried up.  The bus 
> controller is on the back side of the board pressed up against an 
> aluminum plate.  I think the fan near the hard drive cools it.

I suspect it is bad capacitors, but won't know for sure until I get my 
hands on the machine, which won't be until she has a replacement.

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