Is there anyway to remotely turn on another PC in the house with a remote control?

[rnmcd]

I am trying to get wake-on-lan to work for me but it won't. So I need to find a way to turn the PC on from a full-shut off. Is there any kind of remote control that will start a PC from another floor in the house?

Help.

 

[Anubis]

not that i know of

 

[vi edit]

X-12(the annoying camera add people) have some remote control thingies that will turn outlets on and off. Assuming the BIOS of the PC supports the "power on after power outage" feature (or something to that extent) you could have the outlet turned off and when you hit the "ON" button on the X-12 remote, it should make the PC fire up.

THe X-12 packages that I've seen use a remote control to activate the power switches.

 

[RossMAN]

Did you mean to say x10?

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Did you mean to say x10?

Yeh, them too

 

[rnmcd]

I wonder if RadioShaq has some type "piston" switch that I could activate to push the PCs power button using a RF remote control?

 

[rnmcd]

^

 

[Goosemaster]

Search for WOL on google...it is there......you DO need a cable from your NIC to your mobo though

 

[rnmcd]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
Search for WOL on google...it is there......you DO need a cable from your NIC to your mobo though

I've put at least 50 hours trying to get wake on lan to work and it just won't. The software and hardware ARE setup correctly.

I need some type of remote control to power on my machine.

 

[desertdweller]

Hard wire The Clapper into the power button.


DD

 

[rubix]

then to shut down your computer you just play a wav file of the old lady clapping.