Access Your Computer Anytime and Save Energy with Wake on LANYou want access to your home computer wherever you are, whatever youre doing, whether thats via a remote desktop connection, SSH, FTP, web interface, or any other remote access youve set up. The catch is, you dont like throwing money away to an always on system. Luckily you can have your digital cake and eat it, too, and today Ill show you how to boot and shut down your system remotely so that its ready for you when you need it and its not wasting energy when you dont. The Coding Horror weblog details how to determine the cost of running your PC all day, thenRead more Read. The cornerstone of this setup is a feature available to almost all newer computers known as Wake on LAN or WOL, whichas the name suggeststurns on your PC through your local network. Wake on LAN is a breeze to set up and use on your local network, and with a little legwork you can set it up so you can wake your computer away from your home network, as well. First Ill show you how to enable Wake on LAN on your computer, starting with enabling the feature in the BIOS and finishing by choosing the correct system settings. Then Ill show you several methods you can use to wake your computer using this feature, from waking your computer through your browser to different applications made specifically for this purpose. To enable WOL within BIOS, you need to go into BIOS settings F1 during POST, then go to the power tab in the menu. In there you should see the setting to enable WOL. Vista General Vista Wake on LANWAN. Windows Vista Forums is an independent web site and has not been. NOTE Wake on LAN only works with wired network connections. Set Up Wake on LAN in Your BIOS and Operating System. The Wake on LAN feature can work in a couple of ways. First, it can boot your system from a completely shutdown state. Second, Wake on LAN can restore your system from a hibernated Windows or sleeping state Mac. P8Q77-M%20WOL.png' alt='How To Enable Wake On Lan In Windows Vista' title='How To Enable Wake On Lan In Windows Vista' />If youre working in Windows, you may need to tweak your BIOS the firmware your computers motherboard runs before it boots your operating system before you start using Wake on LAN. Once your BIOS is set, you need to find and adjust a few system settings to allow you to wake up your computer using the Wake on LAN feature. How To Enable Wake On Lan In Windows Vista' title='How To Enable Wake On Lan In Windows Vista' />Original title windows 7 lan disabled so how to enable lan i am using windows 7 home basic i am using mtnl triband which gets connected automatically and so i. To enable WakeonLAN in Windows. Computer in Vista. Adam Pash is a senior editor for Lifehacker who wants access to his computer any time but doesnt. Enabling Wake On LAN in Configuration Manager 2007 allows the primary site server to send wakeup packets for the following Configuration Manager activities. Enable Wake on LAN in Your BIOSTo access your BIOS, restart your computer and press and hold the Delete key or whatever key your BIOS prompts you to hold to enter the BIOS setup. Once youre in the BIOS, head to the Power management section and look for a Wake on LAN setting. If you find one, go ahead and make sure its enabled, then save and exit your BIOS and start up your computer. Not all BIOS will have a straight up Wake on LAN option, and on some boards you may have to enable a Power On By PCI Devices setting. It varies from board to board, so a little trial and error may be in order. Now youre ready to enable WOL in your operating system. Sinjid Game here. Enable Wake on LAN in Windows. To enable Wake on LAN in Windows, right click My Computer or Computer in Vista, select Properties, then click on Device Manager in XP thats in the Hardware tab. Find your network card in the hardware list, right click it and click Properties again. First go to the Power Management tab and tick the checkbox next to Allow this device to wake the computer. Now head to the Advanced tab, which is full of options for your network adapter. Were concerned with two options here. The first is the Wake From Shutdown entry near the end of the list. Scroll down to it and change the value to On. The next setting I tweaked was Wake Up Capabilities right below Wake From Shutdown, setting the value to Magic Packet. Hit OK and everything should be set. Youre ready to use the Wake on LAN feature using one of the methods described below. I also had to update the drivers for my network adapter through the Device Manager for it to work, so for good measure you might want to do the same right click your network card and select Update drivers and let it download the latest from the internet. Enable Wake on LAN in OS XTo enable Wake on LAN for you Mac, open the Energy Saver Preference pane, click Options, and then tick the Wake for Ethernet network administrator access checkbox. Thats all there is to it. Methods and Applications for Waking Your Computer with WOLNow that youve enabled Wake on LAN in both your BIOS if necessary and your operating system, how do we go about actually waking up your computer There are actually a number of methods for doing so, from issuing the wake command using your router to apps made specifically for this process. Ill highlight a few of these methods below. Wake Your Computer from Anywhere with Your Web Browser. The easiest way to issue a Wake on LAN command from outside your local network is through your web browser, and the absolutely simplest way to do that is through your router. If youve followed either of our methods for turning your cheap o 6. Tomato, DD WRT, or even Hyper. WRT which we havent covered, then youve got all the tools you need to turn on your computer from anywhere with an internet connection. Since Im currently running Tomato, Ill show you how to work it there, but if your router supports Wake on LAN, it shouldnt vary much. Click to view. A year and a half ago, we showed you how to turn your 6. Read more Read. First point your browser to the Tomato admin interface and give it your username and password to get started. If youre working outside of your local network, youll need to either know your external IP address or have set up a free domain with Dyn. DNS. Once youre in, click Tools WOL in the sidebar. All of your available devices are listed, and all you have to do to issue a Wake on LAN command is click on it. Simple, right by Gina Trapani. Read more Read. If you dont have a router that can handle WOL, you can still wake your computer from your browser using services like Wake On Lan from DSL Reports. In order to issue the Wake on LAN command from outside your network through a service like this, youll first need to set up port forwarding for UDP port 9 to the computer you want to wake up on your local network heres how that works. Gina Trapani. Read more Read. Now you just need to know your external IP address or have assigned a domain name to your home computer, and the MAC address of the computer you want to wake. To find a computers MAC address in Windows, type ipconfigall at the command prompt and find the series of 1. Physical Address. On a Mac, run the Network Utility application and write down the address next to Hardware Address. Give the webapp your IP address and the MAC address of the PC you want to wake up and voilthe Wake on LAN command should be issued and your computer should start up or wake up straight away. Wake Your Computer with Freeware. If you dont have a router supported by the Tomato or DD WRT firmware, there are still other simple tools made to send wake up commands to your computer. For Windows, one good looking option is called Magic Packet Sender. It can save your WOL profiles so sending that command is quick and simple. Mac users should check out Wake. On. Lan, which offers both a regular app and a Dashboard widget. It scans your local network and grabs all of the local devices so its easy to find one and wake it up. What To Do Now that Your Computer is On. Weve covered tons of remote access possibilities here at Lifehacker, and here are a few of my favorites that you may want to use now that youve started up your computer by Gina Trapani. Read more Read. Remotely Shut Down Your Computer.