Re: Powering up a PC ATX machine remotely

[Dan Ward <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I would not be able to recommend any apps, but you might want to try these.

http://magicpacket.free.fr/
http://www.absolutedynamics.com/rmtshutdown/documentation.htm
http://www.fusion-online.com.ar/en/products/wol/
http://www.aquilatech.com/Products/WakeOnLan/
http://www.matcode.com/wol.htm



Martin Howell wrote:
>
> Hi Dan,
>
> Thanks. Is there any simple windows software that you'd recommend for
> prodding the remote machine into life? Net Remote and Girder look a
bit
> OTT for what I need
>
> Cheers
> Martin
>
> Dan Ward wrote:
> > You need to enable it in your bios first, may be under another
name
> > thou, like pme. Also check your network adapter settings in
windows.
> >
> > You then tell the device that will be waking your machine the ip
or in
> > some cases mac address of the machine to be woken. In my case it
is my
> > server, which sends the signal to the htpc.
> >
> > The device used for waking your machine may be anything that
supports
> > wol, i.e. pocket pc, server running Girder or Net Remote.
Probably home
> > sear, or the irtrans, I think global cache, etc.
> >
> > I mainly use my server and timed events to start the htpc in the
> > morning, and shut it down in the early hours. I also have my
netremote
> > ppc's set up to do it via a button on my appliance pages.
> >
> > Hope that helps
> >
> > Dan
> > Martin Howell wrote:
> >
> >>I'm interested in this as well - how do I use the wake on LAN
feature to
> >>tell the machine to start?
> >>
> >>Thanks
> >>Martin
> >>
> >>Dan Ward wrote:
> >>
> >>>Most motherboards support wake over lan, which I use to
start and
> >>>restart my HTPC.
> >>>
> >>>There are some devices such as the irtrans devices that
will issue the
> >>>wol command from an ir signal.
> >>>
> >>>I think it is also possible with a usb-uirt.
> >>>
> >>>Dan
> >>>
> >>>Shaf Ali wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Hi,
> >>>>
> >>>>Does anyone know how to be able to boot up a machine
via a remote
> >>>>command ? Similar to having a power strip except that
instead of
> cutting
> >>>>the power I want to be able to boot it up.
> >>>>
> >>>>Many thanks in advance,
> >>>>Shaf
> >>>>
> >>>>
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