Trying to set my computer up to turn on and off automatically on a schedule and I'm using the windows task scheduler to handle the automatic shutdowns but I can't quite work out how to handle the automatic starting of the computer.
I have found wake on LAN which seems to be the best option for waking the computer on a schedule but I can’t find a way to send packets to wake the computer up without another computer to send them.
I can’t use the wake up timer in the bios because I'm trying to wake the computer at different times on different days, 3pm on weekdays and 8am on weekends.
I need the different times because I'm running 2 small private minecraft servers for my brother and his friends and since they are at school all day on weekdays the computer doesn’t need to be on.
In case it isn’t obvious I'm running these servers on my own computer and there’s no way I'm paying to get the servers hosted since it would be ridiculously expensive and it's way too hard to change and maintain hosted servers compared to local ones.
The router I'm using is an Asus RT-N56U which doesn't have wake on LAN support and I can't find any wake on LAN supported custom firmware for the router either.
Anyone have any ideas?
I have found wake on LAN which seems to be the best option for waking the computer on a schedule but I can’t find a way to send packets to wake the computer up without another computer to send them.
I can’t use the wake up timer in the bios because I'm trying to wake the computer at different times on different days, 3pm on weekdays and 8am on weekends.
I need the different times because I'm running 2 small private minecraft servers for my brother and his friends and since they are at school all day on weekdays the computer doesn’t need to be on.
In case it isn’t obvious I'm running these servers on my own computer and there’s no way I'm paying to get the servers hosted since it would be ridiculously expensive and it's way too hard to change and maintain hosted servers compared to local ones.
The router I'm using is an Asus RT-N56U which doesn't have wake on LAN support and I can't find any wake on LAN supported custom firmware for the router either.
Anyone have any ideas?