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Chapter 22 Tools
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Click Maintenance > Tools > Restart. Click Restart to have the NBG420N reboot. This does
not affect the NBG420N's configuration.
Figure 157 Maintenance > Tools > Restart
22.4 Wake On LAN
Wake On LAN (WoL) allows you to remotely turn on a device on the network. To use this
feature the remote hardware (for example the network adapter on your computer) must support
Wake On LAN using the “Magic Packet” method.
You need to know the MAC address of the remote device. It may be on a label on the device or
in it’s documentation.
Click Maintenance > Tools > Wake On LAN to use this feature.
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The NBG420N can only wake up remote devices that exist in it’s ARP table.
For the remote device to exist in the NBG420N’s ARP table it should have had
a prior connection with the NBG420N.
Figure 158 Maintenance > Tools > Wake On LAN
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 109 Maintenance > Tools > Wake On LAN
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Target’s MAC
Address
Enter the MAC Address of the device on the network that will be turned on. A MAC
address consists of six hexadecimal character pairs.
Wake up Click this to turn the specified device on. The status bar will refresh and indicate
either Ready or MAC Address error.
If it displays Ready you should check if the remote device has turned on.
If the status bar displays MAC Address error it means you may have input the MAC
Address incorrectly. Make sure you are entering it in the correct format.