

WakeonLANx is a compact and portable tool that can perform a number of tasks in addition to Wake-on-LAN. These tools will allow you to send the magic packet and start another computer in your local network. Here are several ways you can turn on a computer using Wake-on-LAN from within your local network or remotely over the internet. It’s not to be confused with waking the computer up from standby or sleep. Wake-on-LAN starts the computer from its “off” state and is like pressing the power button to turn it on and boot up as normal. This packet of data is 102 bytes consisting of “FF FF FF FF FF FF” followed by 16 repetitions of the listening network device’s MAC address. When the network adapter receives a valid magic packet, the computer starts up. It listens for a small piece of incoming data called the “magic packet”. This is how Wake-on-LAN works the target computer is shut down with enough power reserved only for the network adapter to function. Wake-on-LAN can turn on a computer on the same local area network or at another location via the internet. You can enable the Wake-on-LAN feature in the Power Management section of the motherboard’s BIOS.

Most recent motherboards that have an integrated Ethernet controller support this feature. Wake-on-LAN (WOL) is an Ethernet networking standard that allows a shut down computer to be turned on remotely.
