Send a WOL packet and access network(LAN) files

[SamPhoenix]

I want to type my Raspberry Pi IP into my web browser, to make my RPi send a WOL packet to my computer, and then it re-direct me to an FTP service, where I will also be able to access the files on the network (so, can access my computer files.) when I am not at home.

This is so I can access any files I need, without having to leave my computer running 24/7, only my RPi.

Does anyone have any ideas on how to do this?

[DougieLawson]

Do not do this. There is no sensible way to have an FTP server that's open to the public internet.

Either go with OpenVPN or OpenSSL. With OpenVPN you can have full secure access to your whole home LAN from any remote location. With OpenSSL (aka sshd which is already running) you can use FileZilla from anywhere in the world to access files on your Raspberry. To get those things open to the internet needs a couple of ports forwarded in your router.

Generating WoL packets is trivial, there's a wakeonlan program that can be installed with apt-get.

[n3tm4n]

I concur regarding access, either hide it behind a VPN server of some sorts, at the very least use SSH tunnels to get home. I would recommend configuring the SSH server on a high non standard port of such. You can of course, still use FTP just do it through the SSH tunnel so there is encryption and some additional security around it.

On the Wake On Lan side of things, if you go via either the VPN or SSH tunnel route you can then look at some cmd line tool to start your main computer up remotely, but it will be initiated from the local net.

HTH - Jon.

[SamPhoenix]

Do not do this. There is no sensible way to have an FTP server that's open to the public internet.

Either go with OpenVPN or OpenSSL. With OpenVPN you can have full secure access to your whole home LAN from any remote location. With OpenSSL (aka sshd which is already running) you can use FileZilla from anywhere in the world to access files on your Raspberry. To get those things open to the internet needs a couple of ports forwarded in your router.

Generating WoL packets is trivial, there's a wakeonlan program that can be installed with apt-get.

How would I go about setting up OpenVPN? I have tried following some tutorials, but I cannot find an up-to-date one (or something went wrong with the install)

[DougieLawson]

There's a video on the BBC that shows you how.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-33548728

I also wrote some words on it when I worked for IBM.
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/comm ... v6?lang=en

FTP is the most insecure protocol, it's the vector that has been used more often than SQL injection to steal data. There was even a case where Logica and a Swedish bank lost some critical customer's data through a hole in FTP (running on a mainframe).