---
title: "Managing remote PC shutdown issues in a remote work environment"
url: "https://maker.wiznet.io/mason/projects/managing-remote-pc-shutdown-issues-in-a-remote-work-environment/"
markdown_url: "https://maker.wiznet.io/mason/projects/managing-remote-pc-shutdown-issues-in-a-remote-work-environment/md"
type: "WCC: WIZnet Created Content"
author: "Mason Lee"
editor: "WIZnet"
editor_url: "https://maker.wiznet.io/"
original_author: "Mason Lee"
published: "2023-06-14"
language: "en"
hardware: ["WIZnet W5100S-EVB-Pico"]
likes: 3
views: 1851
comments: 0
source: "WIZnet Makers (https://maker.wiznet.io/)"
---

# Managing remote PC shutdown issues in a remote work environment

> Turn on a remote PC using WOL.

Original author: Mason Lee

## Components

- **WIZnet W5100S-EVB-Pico** x 1 ([docs](https://docs.wiznet.io/Product/Chip/Ethernet/W5100S/w5100s-evb-pico))

## Documents and links

- [WOL_Example Code](https://github.com/wiznet-mason/WOL_Example) (code)

## Article

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.

![W5100S-EVB-RP2040](https://docs.wiznet.io/assets/images/w5100s-evb-pico-1.1-side-adf5e1b613524c4256126b1bb4bd58a0.png)

When you access the IP of the W5100S-EVB-Pico with a web browser on an external device, you will see the screen below.

![](https://maker.wiznet.io/upload/ckeditor5/76733285%5F1686748289%2Epng)

Then input the your PC's mac address and press the "Turn on PC" button, it will check the format of the mac address and send a WOL Packet.

![](https://maker.wiznet.io/upload/ckeditor5/76733285%5F1686748653%2Epng)

![](https://maker.wiznet.io/upload/ckeditor5/76733285%5F1686748709%2Epng)

Demo Video:

<https://youtube.com/shorts/b-f_h_neymU?feature=share>

In this demo, we're working on the Local network.

You can also turn on your PC from an external network if you use port forwarding or a public IP.

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Source: https://maker.wiznet.io/mason/projects/managing-remote-pc-shutdown-issues-in-a-remote-work-environment/