If you can’t find the straightforward Wake-on-LAN option, try to find and enable ‘Power On By PCI/PCIE Device’, ‘Boot on LAN’ or another similar option. If you find one, make sure it’s enabled, then save and exit (F10) your BIOS and start up your computer. Once in the BIOS, open the Power management section and look for a Wake-on-LAN (WOL) setting. To access your BIOS, restart your computer and press and hold the ‘Delete’ key (or another access key your BIOS requests) to enter the BIOS setup utility. In combination with remote access software, it is a breeze to set up and use, to connect to your remote computer from anywhere even if it is powered off, in hibernation (Windows) or sleep (Mac) mode.
The starting point of this setup is a feature available to pretty much all newer computers known as Wake-on-LAN (or WOL), which-as the name suggests-turns on your computer through your local network.
At least one other computer on the network is online and running remote access software.Then, you need to meet four requirements:
So, how do you access a remote computer that is shut down?įirst of all, you have to have a remote access software that allows Wake-on-LAN. Luckily, most of the better equipped remote access tools will let you access it anyway with a few tweaks made beforehand. You know that awkward situation when you need to tap into your remote computer but have forgotten to leave it running? That.
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