Turn on PC remotely through cellular network

[duzy_wonsz]

Just a quickie.

 

Is there something that will allow me to turn my PC to silent state or turn it off completely and then turn it on from far away (Through 3G) and control it?

 

I only need to turn it on. Auto Startup Teamviewer will do the rest.

[Aniallation]

I know there's WOL apps for a local network, but not over the internet.

[Enderman]

If your PC is off it is not possible to communicate with it over a network....

You would need some sort of arduino device to physically push the power button so the PSU turns on.

[Levent]

it is possible

you need port forward UDP 7 or 9 and use WOL 

i do it

I also created a PHP script that runs a bash script on the apache server installed on my ddwrt router and i can access to my router via http and run my devices like that as a second method

[Unknown_Guy]

it is possible

you need port forward UDP 7 or 9 and use WOL 

i do it

I also created a PHP script that runs a bash script on the apache server installed on my ddwrt router and i can access to my router via http and run my devices like that as a second method

DD-WRT already have WOL. With remote access enabled you could WOL anything that supports it in your LAN. Or your PHP script does something special?

[juretrn]

If your PC is off it is not possible to communicate with it over a network....

You would need some sort of arduino device to physically push the power button so the PSU turns on.

Ever heard of "boot on LAN"?

[Levent]

DD-WRT already have WOL. With remote access enabled you could WOL anything that supports it in your LAN. Or your PHP script does something special?

i had custom web server running already i just modified my html and added the php code with bash script

[Enderman]

Ever heard of "boot on LAN"?

If you unplug your computer can you boot it up? Nope.

Unless you have a server listening to the network waiting for a signal or the PC is sleeping but still on there is no way a powered off computer can boot itself up.

There is no electricity going through it. Its like telling a rock to move, not gonna happen.

[juretrn]

If you unplug your computer can you boot it up? Nope.

Unless you have a server listening to the network waiting for a signal or the PC is sleeping but still on there is no way a powered off computer can boot itself up.

There is no electricity going through it. Its like telling a rock to move, not gonna happen.

Yes, Murphys first law of electrical devices :they work better if plugged in. I believe I am familiar with that. But obviously, you would not turn off a computer you expected to wake through the Internet by actually plugging it out of the grid.

[Enderman]

Yes, Murphys first law of electrical devices :they work better if plugged in. I believe I am familiar with that. But obviously, you would not turn off a computer you expected to wake through the Internet by actually plugging it out of the grid.

Yes but the OP specifically said in his post to "turn it off completely and then turn it on from far away" which is not possible. The PC would need to be in a state of 'sleep' where it still listens to incoming network connections, like tvs and receivers do when they are idle, waiting to be turned on my the remote control.

[ManWithBeard1990]

If your PC is off it is not possible to communicate with it over a network....

You would need some sort of arduino device to physically push the power button so the PSU turns on.

or use a relay in parallel with the power button.

[Enderman]

or use a relay in parallel with the power button.

In which case the relay would need to be connected to a device (such as an arduino) which is on all the time connected to the network

[juretrn]

Yes but the OP specifically said in his post to "turn it off completely and then turn it on from far away" which is not possible. The PC would need to be in a state of 'sleep' where it still listens to incoming network connections, like tvs and receivers do when they are idle, waiting to be turned on my the remote control.

Still no need to push buttons. You could send a signal from one computer to an USB and use that to open the gate of a MOSFET that would be connected to the power connector on the target system's mobo and send the necessary current through.

[Enderman]

Still no need to push buttons. You could send a signal from one computer to an USB and use that to open the gate of a MOSFET that would be connected to the power connector on the target system's mobo and send the necessary current through.

Pushing a button is just a metaphor, and there are many ways to 'push a button' which is basically just closing a circuit. You're also making it overly complicated because all that needs to be done to turn a PC on is bridge the green and black wire on a PSU.

[juretrn]

Using one transistor is too complex? What can possibly be simpler?

[duzy_wonsz]

I heard that my MSI motherboard has something to control it over network.

I heard about something called "wake on LAN" as someone stated.

My friend told me there is even possibility (Maybe on certain MBs) to even control BIOS.

I heard that you can do smthing like this with "wake on LAN" by configuring Router and having another PC send signal to the router that will wake my second PC (Words of my friend).

 

I can build myself a silent PC for 100 bucks just to handle this with my router.

 

Btw. I need this cause I manipulate files on servers (Download - Upload), but I'm away from home often. Doing this through expensive Cellular network on my Phone is not an option, but telling my PC at home to do this is an option.

 

I would leave it for the time ON, but some people don't like the noice of it.

 

(HDD is very loud in my PC. WD Caviar Green...)