On Friday 30 December 2011 06:41:55 T o n g wrote: > Hi, > > Does Linux support wake on lan? > > My friend told me, in windows, you can send some magic packages over > internet to wake up box that is even in sleep mode. The same tool can > tell the box to reboot as well. Is such beast exist in Linux world as > well? > > Thanks Wake on lan is not OS dependant, it is hardware dependant. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake-on-LAN Thierry