Can I use triggercmd to start my PC when it's fully shutdown?
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Can I use triggercmd to start my PC when it's fully shutdown?
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@D0llyy, yes. You'll need to enable wake-on-lan in your PC's BIOS, and have TRIGGERcmd run a wakeonlan (or equivilent) command on a separate computer on the same network.
This article describes it, but you can also search this forum or google for wake on lan.
https://www.triggercmd.com/forum/topic/359/wol-from-mac?_=1707066195220This PC magazine article about it is also pretty good:
https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/turn-on-computer-from-across-the-house-with-wake-on-lan -
@Russ Can I do it if I don't have Raspberry Pi?
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@D0llyy, yes there are many tools for many OS's that can send the magic packet to wake up another computer.
Windows: https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/wake_on_lan.html
Mac: https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/wakeonlan
Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install wakeonlan
