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Wake on LAN versus Power on after power failure

November 27th, 2007

I was just thinking - its been a few months since I started using a remote reboot switch instead of wake on lan. Hate to admit it, but its so much better, I've never looked back.

Unfortunately, wake-on-lan is pretty finicky. There are many different things that must work together to get it going. While its definitely possible, using an external switch to turn on a machine is so much easier.

To do that, all you need is a network accessible outlet controller, and set your BIOS to turn on after a power failure. Its that easy!

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