How to remotely open the computer with Wake On Lan on the phone

Wake on Lan is a remote computer turn-on feature that many companies and schools are still using. Let me make an example for you to understand: when you get home, take out your phone to turn on the computer at home first. When I get home, the PC has already started, just go in and fight right away. Sounds good right? Today, I will guide you to do so with Wake On Lan.

Conditions for using Wake on Lan

First, your motherboard and network card must support the Wake on Lan feature. Next, your PC must be wired to the LAN. To know if the mainboard supports it, go to the BIOS and find the Wake on Lan item.

Some pictures of Wake On Lan on BIOS:

Next you need to turn on Wake On Lan on the network card.

First, you search Device Manager on Windows Search. Select the first item to open Device Manager. Next right click on your LAN card and select Properties.

Switch to tabs Power Management and select the last 2 lines.

Next, switch to the Advanced tab and scroll down to select Wake on Magic Pocket. Transfer Value of the Wake on Magic Poker luxurious Enabled.

Features of Wake on Lan

• Categorize PCs into groups and batch enable PCs in groups
• Automatically search for PCs in the network (Find PCs connected to the same network as your phone and add to the list without having to find the MAC address and enter it manually)
• Any individual device or batch of PCs in a group with just one click
• Broadcast Support (See instructions inside app help for more details)
• CSV export/import to share your device list easily
• Material Design
• Automatically refresh device operating status
• Support Wake On Lan (WoL) and Wake On Wan (WoW)

How to turn on a computer that has been turned off with Wake On Lan on the phone

By sending the Magic packet to the Mainboard, the computer will automatically boot up easily.

Step 1: First, you need to download Wake On Lan on the phone Android. There are many Wake On Lan App on iOS and Android, you can find for yourself the appropriate software, the function is almost the same.

Step 2: After the installation is complete, open the application and click on the button with the plus sign in the lower right corner.

Step 3: You connect your phone to the Wifi that the PC is using. Then drag from the top to the software search PC.

Step 4: After the search is complete, you will get a list of PC devices in wifi.

Step 5: Tap the device you want to use. You can change the name, color of your PC and other things if you want. When done, click “Add device”.

Step 6: So that’s it then. Now if you want to start any PC just click on that PC.

In case you want to open the computer with the wake on lan feature outside the LAN environment. For example, if you are at work and want to open a computer at home, you need NAT Port 7 up.