I often leave my computer on at home when I go to work so that I can access it remotely.
I vaguely remember seeing an option in a PC’s bios which implied that it could be switched on by the network. I assumed it would work by receiving a signal from the etheneret cable along the lines of “I am trying to talk to you. Please respond” and the NIC would get that message and think “Ah, ok. You’ll probably want my boss to be switched on for that. I’ll tell the bios to switch everything on”
If it IS possible, does it require the computer to be wired to the network? (In other words, and here is where I may be getting a little to ambitious with my questioning, can a computer be switched on wirelessly?!!)
And you’re welcome if I gave you a laugh with my silly question
Essentially, your BIOS needs to support it and you will need to put the proper forwards in your firewall for you to send the wake on lan packet remotely.
I dont think most or perhaps even any BIOSes support wireless drivers or wireless networks. Wired only.
Some BIOSes have a “Wake on LAN” option that will bring them out of sleep mode if there is LAN activity. I can’t remember seeing anything exactly as you describe.
A friend of mine back in the old days of modems had a bulletin board system that turned the computer on when the phone rang and answered a call from a modem. You’d have to call back a few minutes later when the computer finished booting to log onto the bulletin board.
