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Managing remote PC shutdown issues in a remote work environment

Turn on a remote PC using WOL.

mason

Published June 14, 2023

182 UCC

21 WCC

28 VAR

Original author: Mason Lee · South Korea

Managing remote PC shutdown issues in a remote work environment

Components

Hardware components
W5100S-EVB-Pico

WIZnet - W5100S-EVB-Pico

x 1

Project description

The COVID-19 pandemic has irrevocably changed the way we work, with a paradigm shift from office desks to working from home. With remote work becoming the new normal, this has created a problem: when remote computers are powered off, they can't be powered back on. To solve this issue, this project uses the W5100S-EVB-Pico to send a WOL Packet to a powered off PC to turn it on. When you access the IP of the W5100S-EVB-Pico with a web browser on an external device, you will see the screen below. Then input the your PC's mac address and press the "Turn on PC" button, it will check the format of…

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