illusionist@lemmy.zip to Linux@lemmy.ml · 6 months agoHow to enable wake on lan such that computer turns on when I try to access IP?message-squaremessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squarekoala@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agohttps://dgross.ca/blog/linux-home-server-auto-sleep did the rounds lately. But you’ll need another system to always be on to handle this. In many cases, you can “fake” this in other means. For example, I had Remmina configured to run a script to send a WOL packet and wait before connecting via remote desktop to a computer.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoFor a while I just had a widget on my phone where I could just tap an icon to send a magic packet to the desired MAC.
https://dgross.ca/blog/linux-home-server-auto-sleep did the rounds lately.
But you’ll need another system to always be on to handle this.
In many cases, you can “fake” this in other means. For example, I had Remmina configured to run a script to send a WOL packet and wait before connecting via remote desktop to a computer.
For a while I just had a widget on my phone where I could just tap an icon to send a magic packet to the desired MAC.