Turn on a computer from another location over a network connection

Need to work on a PC in a remote office and your that you have administrative rights (or remote desktop connection)? The catch is that this is only possible when the machine in question is on ...

Rather than move, you can use the free WakeOnLan that will enable you to use the Wake On Lan (WOL) found in most computers. After enabling WOL on your computers, you will be able to boot directly from the software WakeOnLan who will be responsible to send the "magic packet" commander revival.

But the remote wakeup is not the only string that the tool to its bow as it also allows restar, shut down, hibernate, shut / lock the session on one or more remote machines.

WakeOnLan can also be used in command line mode to create scripts remote start, for example.

Note that WakeOnLan also offers the ability to wake up machines via Internet (functionality WakeOnWan or WOW). For this box connected to the Internet must support WakeOnLan as is the case for the Freebox or routers based on DD-WRT.

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