A special packet that can wake-up your PC (Wake-on-LAN Explained)

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Published on October 10, 2024 8:36:44 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-OT4XDqY-o

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Ever wondered how Wake-on-LAN works? Well, what better hardware to use but an old Slot 1 with a Pentium II 333! In this video, I take my first steps with this technology from the mid '90s.

You can find the code and the Excel file on my website: https://bitsundbolts.com/2024/10/06/wake-on-lan-wol-with-c/

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▬▬▬▬ Timestamps ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
00:00 What is Wake-on-LAN
03:02 Gigabyte GA-5AX Socket 7
04:47 What you need for WOL
05:44 BIOS updates mandatory
06:33 BIOS configuration
08:13 Windows configuration
10:14 IP and MAC address
12:56 Standby and wake-up from router
15:13 What is a Magic Packet
16:20 Create Magic Packet in C#
19:11 Determine Broadcast IP
21:31 Wake-up from C# application
22:13 The WOL connectors
24:48 Bye