Wake up the remote computer (usually within the same LAN) using the wakeonlan tool. Wakeonlan is a command line tool used to send special Magic Packets to the target computer to wake it up. This article takes Dell as an example:

The following are the basic steps for using wakeonlan on Linux:

1. Installation wakeonlan Tools:

In most Linux distributions, the wakeonlan tool is not usually installed by default. You can use the package manager to install. For example, on Debian and Ubuntu based systems, you can run the following commands:

 sudo apt-get install wakeonlan

On Red Hat and Centos based systems, you can use the following commands:

 sudo yum install wakeonlan

2. BIOS settings
To use the Wake on LAN feature, you must make some settings in the system BIOS. To do this, follow these steps:

Restart the system and press F2 several times.
In the computer BIOS, go to Power Management and Wake on LAN/WLAN 。
Activate the option you want to use.
Reminder: Please note that, Wake on WLAN Not available on all computer models and in all system states.
Go to Deep Sleep Control (Deep sleep control) and Disable This option.
Click Apply to exit BIOS.

3. Driver settings

Back in Windows, you must set Wake on LAN in the Network Card Driver. Follow these steps to do this:

Open the Device Manager. In Windows 10, you can right-click the Windows button and select Device Manager.
Go to Network adapters and open the category.
Right click your LAN controller and select Properties.
Open the tab Power Management.
Make sure the following boxes are checked: Allow this device to wake the computer 、 Only allow magic packs to wake the computer 。
At this time, open the advanced tab and select Energy Efficient Ethernet.
Reminder: This option is not available for all computer models.
Set this option to disabled.
Click OK and close the Device Manager.
Go to Control Panel, Hardware and Sound, Power Options and System Settings.
Click at the top to change settings that are not currently available.
Clear at bottom Turn on fast startup。
Click save changes.

4. Use the command to wake up the host with MAC AA: AA: AA: AA: AA: AA: AA

 wakeonlan AA:AA:AA:AA:AA:AA