Wake-On-LAN when phone gets in range of home Wi-Fi
It would be nice if the PC i use for media could automatically turn on when i come home, and turn off when i leave. the leaving part can be tricky but using WoL when getting into Wi-Fi range shouldn't be too difficult.
one possible enhancement is start playing when the PC finished booting.
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Sorry, I have to prioritize, and this falls outside of the scope of this project, since it is intended to be a remote for MediaMonkey, and not every other useful thing. :) I’m sure you can find another app that can do this already!
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Actually, it could be possible to simply send the WoL command when the phone connects to the home network. However, I have a lot of other things to prioritize first, so this'll have to wait for a little while. :)
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Anonymous commented
No home pc or laptop has the provision for turning it on automatically. A program cannot do this since the bios can't be tweaked for this. Your only option is to put your computer on sleep and wol