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How does WOL (Wake-On LAN) work?

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Mar 15, 202628613 views
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This has always been a mystery to me and with all the snow we're getting I'd like to work from home but the boss man wants us to turn our computers off a night to save energy. Figured I'd like to try Wake-On LAN, but not sure where to start.

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Ok, there isn't much good information about this on the net, so here's my wisdom: How Wake-on-LAN works So the whole point of WoL is to turn your computer on remotely using the network. Obviously if your computer were actually completely off, then t…

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