Power Saving Remote Computing

Step 2 Enabling Wake-On-LAN

Wake On LAN needs to be enabled in a few places in order to work properly. Most PCs these days have an integrated Ethernet NIC. To set it up for WOL, do the following:

1. Open your computer's BIOS settings. This may be accessed by pressing delete or one of the function keys during the POST.
2. Look for a setting that relates to enabling WOL. On my computer there was a setting for "Remote Wake Up." Enable WOL here. This will allow the computer to be turned on from the "Off" state.
3. Save your settings and exit the BIOS setup.
4. Allow Windows to boot.
5. Open the Control Panel.
6. Open Network Connections
7. Open your NIC's properties.
8. Click the Configure button.
9. Click the Advanced tab.
10. Look for Wake On LAN in the properties list. This may not be listed explicitly as WOL. Set it to wake from "Magic Packet" if available.
11. Click the Power Management tab.
12. Check the boxes for "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power" and "Allow this device to bring the computer out of standby." This will allow WOL to turn the computer on from a suspended or hibernated state.
13. Click OK.

Now the computer can be turned on using WOL regardless of its current state. Next we will turn on power management settings.