Turning PC on remotely?

[kingmustard]

My PC (Intel Ethernet Connection I219-V) is connected to a D-Link GO-SW-5H (unmanaged switch), which is connected to a Virgin Media Hub 3.0 (Arris VMDG505 / TG2492LG-VM) (wireless router).

 

EDIT: I have a 24-hour Windows 10 server that's also connected to the same switch.

Is it possible to turn my PC on from my mobile phone whilst I'm away from the PC?

[WereCatf]

16 minutes ago, kingmustard said:

Is it possible to turn my PC on from my mobile phone whilst I'm away from the PC?

Not without additional hardware. You basically need a server of some sort -- a Raspberry Pi would do fine -- that send a wake-on-lan message to your PC when it receives a command to do so.

[kingmustard]

8 minutes ago, WereCatf said:

Not without additional hardware. You basically need a server of some sort -- a Raspberry Pi would do fine -- that send a wake-on-lan message to your PC when it receives a command to do so.

I have a 24/7 Windows 10 server that is also connected to the same unmanaged switch, if that helps?

[cluelessgenius]

10 minutes ago, kingmustard said:

I have a 24/7 Windows 10 server that is also connected to the same unmanaged switch, if that helps?

yes. the real problem you need to solve is your ip. do you have a static ip? most people dont. in any case there is a solution.

me personally i have fritz.box router and that particular manufacturer offers a cloud service where i can vpn into my router from anywhere just using my account data for free. so i do that and then you can send wake on lan as if you where there physically. 

but you can also do it without all that. in college i had mysql database running. i dont know about now but back then you could get small one for free hosted online. then id have a system on my local network write my public ip into that database and have the phone check the database for the most current ip to send the package to.

today though i would probably just create a gmail account for the server. then write an app that sends commands via email to it. and have a little bit of software checking that gmail account and reacting to incoming commands.

[faziten]

14 hours ago, kingmustard said:

I have a 24/7 Windows 10 server that is also connected to the same unmanaged switch, if that helps?

You need to read about how to use Wake on Lan (WoL) also called magic packets (I assure you this is not a trolling, that's what it is called).

Then you can choose between routing it across internet, or SSH'ing into your other PC and issuing the WoL from there.

 

Once you got that running everything else is scriptable.

cheers!