Q: Can't wake my MBP from sleep for remote access using VNC

Hmm, good point. Haven't tried yet. Just thought I'd throw it out in case anyone had some enlightening thoughts! I'll report back later...

Update: Nope, didn't work. Computer awake and connected, iPhone on LTE as though I was 'remote'. Not a peep.

Thanks guys. Ok, it all sounds way too complicated to make this work through VNC.

BUT... Back to my Mac should work, right? I log in to icloud from an 'outside' computer, and I can see my mac in the list, but it won't wake from sleep to connect. It just spins and then times out.

It doesn't work either.

Thanks for those links, but I'd already been there. Just thought I'd post an update. No dice regarding wake from sleep. I tried this while both Macs were in the same room so I knew what was happening. I set my MBP to go into screensaver but to 'never' sleep. I used another MBP on a different network to try B2MM. It worked!

Then I put my MBP to sleep; nothing. Didn't work.

(Just a note that I tried a third party app which I could use on my iPhone (Presence) and got the same result.)

Leaving my home MBP on all day without sleeping is just not an option. It can't be good for power consumption and my Mac. The option is there to wake on Ethernet activity, so why shouldn't it 'just work'? I'm using a cable modem in bridge mode (standard residential DHCP - no, I don't want to pay for a static IP), with an Apple Airport Express.

Sidebar: Whenever I restart my MBP, Find my Mac checkbox is UNchecked in iCloud preferences. Every time. This means if something happens to my MBP and it gets restarted, I won't be able to track it. Useless!

Anyone have any experience with not waking from sleep? Is it an issue at the threshold connection (what I mean is the cable modem connection and my Airport Express)?