the.com/wake on lan
a magic packet that turns your computer on from across the internet, like a doorbell for silicon.
means a network protocol that lets you power on a computer remotely by sending a specially crafted packet to its network card.
from developed by amd and hp in 1997 as part of the alert on lan initiative, designed for sysadmins tired of walking to the server room at 3am.
magic packetliterally called that in the spec
needs standby powernic stays powered even when pc is off
mac address onlypacket contains no ip, just hardware address
broadcast basedusually sent to entire local subnet at once
for instance
plex remote wake — lets users power on home servers to stream media
corporate patch tuesday — it departments wake thousands of office pcs overnight for updates
steam in home streaming — can wake a gaming pc before starting a stream