

To do that, click Start, select Run, then enter “devmgmt.msc” to run the Device manager. Those of you who are not too familiar with BIOS might prefer to enable Wake-on-LAN in Windows. If you can’t find the straightforward Wake-on-LAN option, try to find and enable ‘Power On By PCI/PCIE Device’, ‘Boot on LAN’ or another similar option. If you find one, make sure it’s enabled, then save and exit (F10) your BIOS and start up your computer. Once in the BIOS, open the Power management section and look for a Wake-on-LAN (WOL) setting. To access your BIOS, restart your computer and press and hold the ‘Delete’ key (or another access key your BIOS requests) to enter the BIOS setup utility. In combination with remote access software, it is a breeze to set up and use, to connect to your remote computer from anywhere even if it is powered off, in hibernation (Windows) or sleep (Mac) mode. The starting point of this setup is a feature available to pretty much all newer computers known as Wake-on-LAN (or WOL), which-as the name suggests-turns on your computer through your local network. Wake-on-LAN is enabled in the remote access software.

