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848694 2010-01-14 05:19:00 My mate just asked me to find a way that he can turn his pc on while he is overseas. He has teamviewer setup so he can shut it down but starting up has got me stumped. Was thinking Wake on Lan but that does not work over the internet. nedkelly (9059)
848695 2010-01-14 05:29:00 Teamviewer may turn it off, it wont turn it on tho. Leave it on Speedy Gonzales (78)
848696 2010-01-14 05:29:00 My mate just asked me to find a way that he can turn his pc on while he is overseas. He has teamviewer setup so he can shut it down but starting up has got me stumped. Was thinking Wake on Lan but that does not work over the internet. The WOL does work over the internet, I have a mate that does it all the time - not to sure how hes set it up, but I found This article ( Of course the PC has to be configured to do it, so if its not configured now, then it has to be manually turned on. Also Found this (http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2007/10/21/how-to-remotely-turn-on-computer-from-lan-and-wan/" target="_blank">www.wakeonlan.me/). Of course the PC has to be configured to do it, so if its not configured now, then it has to be manually turned on. Also Found this (http:)

OR simply leave it running 24/7 Hell I have ( counting) 4 PC's here, never turned off.

Edited: only 1 has a monitor, and thats turned on only when needed.
wainuitech (129)
848697 2010-01-14 05:41:00 The WOL does work over the internet, I have a mate that does it all the time - not to sure how hes set it up, but I found This article ( Of course the PC has to be configured to do it, so if its not configured now, then it has to be manually turned on. Also Found this (http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2007/10/21/how-to-remotely-turn-on-computer-from-lan-and-wan/" target="_blank">www.wakeonlan.me/). Of course the PC has to be configured to do it, so if its not configured now, then it has to be manually turned on. Also Found this (http:)




I used to have a WoL set up, but for security reasons set it up in a more complicated way. Basically I would issue a WoL command using my router, rather than doing it over the internet as such.

Basically to turn on my PC, I would:
1) SSH to my router
2) Tunnel a local port to access the Web UI on the router
3) Use the WebUI to trigger a WoL command which would wake up my PC
4) Tunnel another port through to do RDP

Note that your motherboard (+ BIOS) and network card all need to support WoL, otherwise it won't work.
somebody (208)
848698 2010-01-14 06:19:00 Simple.......get the next door neighbour to switch it on..... :clap Pancake (6359)
848699 2010-01-14 06:29:00 My mate just asked me to find a way that he can turn his pc on while he is overseas .

Ring a neighbour .
pctek (84)
848700 2010-01-14 06:36:00 Ring a neighbour.

At last...a Kiwi with a brain.. :thumbs:
Pancake (6359)
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