Can you get another computer to wake up and sleep when?

[Tarka Dal]

Can you get another computer to wake up and sleep when you press the on button on your computer?
If so, how?

 

[Lordbob75]

Do you mean to wake up another computer attached to yours?

~Lordbob

 

[madwh]

You can use wake on lan ( Depicus ) somehow with mouse macros I guess.

 

[Tarka Dal]

Do you mean to wake up another computer attached to yours?

~Lordbob

Hi Lordybob...
Yes on the same network!

You can use wake on lan ( Depicus ) somehow with mouse macros I guess.

I know how to use WOL. Wondering if it could be used when I switch on either of my computers the NAS will switch on automatically and carry out a Backup of all files then shutdown automatically without having to be there...

 

[Jonathan_King]

Like madwh said above, you would need to use a Wake on LAN program in conjunction with a mouse macro program.

I know nothing about macros; I suggest you start by Googling mouse macros, or start here: Auto Macro Recorder : Easy-to-use macro recorder, Let computer do boring things for you.

 

[Tarka Dal]

You can use wake on lan ( Depicus ) somehow with mouse macros I guess.

Like madwh said above, you would need to use a Wake on LAN program in conjunction with a mouse macro program.

I know nothing about macros; I suggest you start by Googling mouse macros, or start here: Auto Macro Recorder : Easy-to-use macro recorder, Let computer do boring things for you.

Trouble is I can't get Depicus to work on the network!

 

[Jonathan_King]

Make sure it's configured like this:



Let me know if you need help with anything.

 

[Tarka Dal]

I can get it to work via the network (computer to computer) and also via website (internet) to computer. But, I can't get it to work from computer-Internet-computer. Strange innit!

 

[Lordbob75]

Firewall blocking it?

~Lordbob

 

[madwh]

It's a matter of doing port forwarding correctly and adding a static ARP entry into the router. Without these wake on lan over the Internet is not gonna happen. I suggest buying a dd-wrt compatible router and from there it's pretty easy.