How to turn on your PC using your Android via WIFI (wow LAN)

Today I will share with you a trick on how to turn your computer on using your favorite Android mobile. It may sound funny for the first time. But it is really a cool tool for the tech geeks. Imagine how cool it will be, if you can just turn your PC or Laptop on without even touching it. After returning to home, you could sit before your computer and it is already turned on and ready for you. Is n’t that handy ? And time saving too !

Let us see how can we achieve this. We would take help of an app called PC AutoWaker. Simply download that app and install on your Android. Then follow the rest of the story.

We will move to configure the computer to work with PC AutoWaker.

Well to start with, let me say one thing. Your computer’s wireless adapter should have Wake On LAN facility  to make this trick happen. Also make sure to check your BIOS settings under the Power Control or Network Card areas, to see whether Wake On LAN is enabled or not. To enter your BIOS settings, you need to restart your computer and press F2 or F12.

Now follow these steps carefully.

1. Open up command prompt (cmd). For this you need to press ‘windows key‘ and ‘R button ‘ simultaneously on your keyboard. Now the RUN box appears. Type in there ‘cmd‘ and hit enter. You will see command prompt open up .You can also search on your start menu for cmd by just typing cmd in your start menu search area (for vista and windows7) .Now in the command prompt , type ‘ipconfig /all’ . Now a list appears on the command prompt. Choose your wireless adapter from there. And make a note of the Physical Address (Mac address).
2. Now go to your network settings (Control Panel -> Network Connections), and note the name of your network connection.
   
3. Now find your Network Name of your computer in System area under “Computer Name.”
4. Now you need to enable your network card to wake the computer. Go to Control Panel -> System -> Hardware -> Device Manager. Now go to the properties of the WLAN card. Rightclick and selectproperties. Look under Power Managementtab.Now check the box-es to configure your WLAN card for Wake on LAN. Here is a screen shot for help -
5. Now set up the PCAUTO Waker App on your Android.You need to register your computer on PC AutoWaker first. Fill out the registration form correctly using necessary information about your computer.Here are the screenshots that would help for registration.
   
   
   
6. If your Android is already connected to the wifi network, then you can simple check Use current WiFi connection SSID and it will complete the fields automatically.
   Its entirely upto you , whether you would use Automatic WOL or not. You can always change your settings, you know. Use manual mode and you have to click individual connections (If there are more than one computers are configured for WoW LAN). Upon clicking the connection its associated menu would come up.

So was that real fun or not ?  I know it was ! Let me tell you one thing, Android is extremely powerful platform. You just need to know things that might help you as you go with it. Good Luck !