iPhone Wake on LAN


That's right. Everything can be accomplished by an Ethernet computer networking standard that allows a computer to be turned on (or woken up) by a network message, that is called Wake-on-LAN, or in short, WoL. Since this is an Ethernet standard, it will ONLY work on your Ethernet card (no, it does not work on wireless cards attached to your PC). 





The support for Wake-on-LAN is implemented on the motherboard of a computer and the network interface. It is not at all dependent on the Operating System you are running.


So, tell me, does your motherboard - network card support WoL?? It's a pretty diffused standard, so your computer should very likely support it too.


Enabling Wake on LAN capabilities


To do this, you must enter into the computer BIOS. Usually, you just need to press F1, or F2, or Del keys right after you turn on your PC. If the Operating System starts to load, then you have lost your chance, and need to restart again!


I have an IBM Netvista desktop computer, and for me I had to press F1. Once you are inside, start search for the menu item "Wake on LAN", or anything similar. In my IBM PC, it was under the "Automatic Power On" option. Just go in there and enable that option. (If you do not see the images, go to the bottom of the article and click on the link)


Now, all you need to do before going to your iPod is to find your computer MAC Address.


You can do that by running from the command prompt (start -> run-> cmd) "ipconfig /all". Look for your ethernet card and copy the MAC address value somewhere.


Our job in the PC is done... now, hands on our iPhone / iPod Touch

Let's say that the "hard" work is done. Now all you have to do is, install some iPhone Wake on LAN applications. I personally tested three of them: NetAwake, RemoteBoot and AWOL.


By the way: Did I mention that these applications are FREE?


NetAwake


This is a screenshot for the NetAwake Application. Very simple: Just add your computer name and MAC Address, and press the nice shiny button "Wake":-)


You can add as many pc's as you want. But this one has also a "help" button with the following items:


1. what is NetAwake?

2. How do I add a computer?

3. How do I enable Wake-on-LAN?

4. How do I find my computer's MAC address?

5. Why doesn't my computer wake up?


So there you have it, simple. And if you want, you also get the help.


AWOL


AWOL requires a little bit more of information about your network. As NetAwake, you need the MAC Address, but here you also need to put the Broadcast address and Port.


The Broadcast address is the last address of your network. So for example, if your IP address is 192.168.1.22, then the broadcast address for your network is 192.168.1.255.


For the port, you will just have to try. According to the standard, the "magic packet" is always sent to ports 0, 7 or 9. So just try those, and it should work.


RemoteBoot Lite


And the last one is RemoteBoot. With this application, you can save up to 5 Hosts, and you can also configure the broadcast address and port.


A little help is also found on the usual "i" button.


To learn more about iPhone Wake on LAN visit my link at http://www.squidoo.com/turn-on-computer-from-ipod.


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