Enable Wake-On-LAN (WOL) on an Ubuntu PC
Postato in Linux, Tricks il 14 December 2008 da riccardo – 2 commenti
Notice: This little tutorial assumes that you have some basic Linux knowledge, and that you know what SSH is.
Christmas is coming, and I’ll be out of office for a while.
I was a little worried because I could need some data from my main desktop PC… I’ll copy the most important documents on the laptop, but if I’ll forget something? I don’t want to leave my desktop turned on, nor to be obliged to pass the evening of 24th of December in my car to come back to the office.
So it’s time to activate Wake On LAN 
Wake On LAN (aka WOL) is a feature of many PCs. It leaves the network port in standby mode, without turning off it completely. It requires very little power, and it allows you to activate a PC from your LAN. leggi tutto »