I need a WOL - Magic Packet program

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I have been working on a Remote Desktop Connection to another Windows 7 machine in my house. Got past the Home Premium issue and all is working. It will be a HTPC and I want to control it from my office on the same LAN.

I want to be able to wake the PC from sleep remotely. I have enabled WOL in BIOS, and have made all the network adapter settings. It is ready to go and waiting for it's first Magic Packet.

So it seems that I now need a program that sends the Magic Packet? Meaning there is nothing native to Windows (Home Premium) to do this?
There are a ton of them out there. Which one do you guys use/recommend?

Also: I'd like to put the PC back to sleep remotely. Any suggestions on that?
 

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Home Built - Jan 2013
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Personally I use my own one (Whipped it up) because I needed it to listen for packets coming from the internet, not just "Hey I'm going to push a button to turn on my PC downstairs".

I'll hopefully buy a raspberry pi soon and have that on 24/7 just dedicated to this, then I won't have to have my server on 24/7.

I don't have the source code of mine on hand (On server, too lazy to SSH in), but here's one that I have from the plex "UNRAID" addon (Credits to Marc Balmer):-
https://raw.github.com/mikedm139/unRAID.bundle/master/Contents/Code/WOL.py
 

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Windows Seven Ultimate sixty four bit.
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Too many to count
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Does my user agent not provide this information?
This is nice little program to do what you want TV:
Depicus Windows Graphical User Interface (GUI)

It is a tiny executable (so it does not need to be installed in Windows), run it when you need it - exit when you're done, just fill in the MAC and IP (it remembers it) and go!
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Home Built - Jan 2013
OS
Windows 7 64 Bit Home Premium SP1
CPU
i7-3820
Motherboard
Asus P9X79-PRO - Bios 4608
Memory
GSkill F3-14900CL9Q - 16GB
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA GeForce GTX660 - Driver 352.86
Sound Card
On board Realtek ALC898
Monitor(s) Displays
Acer S271HL
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
#1- Samsung 840 Pro Series
#2- Western Digital WD1002FAEX Sata3 Black
#3- Western Digital WD1002FAEX Sata3 Black
PSU
Corsair CMPSU-850TX-V2 - 850 watt (by Seasonic)
Case
Corsair Obsidian 550D
Cooling
Standard 3 120mm case fans, Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
Keyboard
MS KC-0405
Mouse
Intellimouse 5-button
Internet Speed
56 Mbits/Sec (on a good day)
Antivirus
Avast & Malwarebytes
Browser
Firefox
Other Info
Asus DVD - DRW-24B1ST 24X
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