You need to have a VPN tunnel set up from home location to the place of business. Wake on LAN only works if the computer that's being woken up and the computer that you are sending it from are on the same subnet mask. Wolcmd.exe would be a little utility you can Google for its free and with that you would use a command line in this fassion: wolcmd mac address ip address subnet mask port numberMake sure that the NIC and the BIOS have the capability to WOL and it is enabled in BIOS. Also make sure you get the settings in windows right. Even with all the settings correct and WOL enabled everywhere. Every time you shut off windows inappropriately you will not be able to WOL the system until you restart and shut down properly.P.S.

I just remembered that wolcmd.exe is also available in a GUI but I'm not sure how well that works never used it. Now there are probably more utils other then wolcmd.exe I just never used them stumbled upon wolcmd and never looked for another.Spiceworks also has a WOL feature do not know how well it works. Probably well since it's Spiceworks.

After that's taken care of, download the Mac app. This nifty little tool allows you to use shortcuts to upload your work to Wake. In the Mac app's. Users and Mac mode for Mac users). Users can change the mode. Key Assignment & Enabling Wake-Up Host PC Feature. DIP SWITCH #.

ChristopherO wrote:It's on by default, but you can go into System Preferences, Energy Saver, and check the box for 'Wake for network access'.This isn't what the OP is hoping for, however.philip.weissv wrote:The senior people have an annoying habit of powering down their iMacs when they leave - which makes remote connection impossible.Anyone know of a way to enable wake on lan on a mac? Unfortunately, the only Apple hardware to support true power-on from an off state was the Xserve which had IPMI.If a Mac is off, it will not turn on in response to WOL.I suggest you disable the shutdown item and set the units to go to sleep after a time that works for your users.Any WOL utility should work, I've used an unaltered unix 'wol' binary (which is really just a perl script) - see. ChristopherO wrote:epoch70 wrote:It should work with any standard WOL program. But if the users completely power down their machines, you won't be able to wake them up, only if they put them to sleep.That's the point of Wake-On-Lan - it was around before sleeping was.

A machine should be able to be completely powered down, but the NIC will still be awake listening for a magic packet, at which point it will tell the machine to power on. Sleeping or turned off it should still start up.But it won't. See my reply above. DavidCSG wrote:ChristopherO wrote:epoch70 wrote:It should work with any standard WOL program. Aigo ge 5 driver for mac. But if the users completely power down their machines, you won't be able to wake them up, only if they put them to sleep.That's the point of Wake-On-Lan - it was around before sleeping was. A machine should be able to be completely powered down, but the NIC will still be awake listening for a magic packet, at which point it will tell the machine to power on.

Sleeping or turned off it should still start up.But it won't. See my reply above.Wouldn't that be nice, maybe on the new 'modular' Mac Pro they are promising, but I doubt it.

I was setting up my MacBook Pro with Retina display to work with a new external monitor today, thinking that when I connected to the monitor via HDMI and closed the lid, I’d see the display up on the new monitor.I was disappointed when I saw absolutely nothing up on my new monitor, so I went searching to find out how to make it work. Is it a special setting in the System Preferences? I haven’t had an external monitor for a while, now; maybe things are more complex.Luckily for me (and you!), it turned out to be much simpler to make happen. Here’s the recipe. Make sure your external monitor is plugged in and powered up, and connect your MacBook (any of the above flavors) via HDMI (or DVI, RGB via a dongle). Have your MacBook open to deal with any issues in getting the mirroring just right.

Make sure you can see your display image up on your external monitor before you move to the next bit.Make sure you’ve connected an external keyboard and mouse, either via Bluetooth, USB, or radio dongle. I like keyboard along with the company’s, but any combination of external keyboard and mouse/trackpad will do. Now, the step that I didn’t realize I needed: plug your MacBook into power. Apple’s delightful laptops will not let you use an external monitor when not connected to a power source. I’m not sure why that is, but I’m assuming that they want enough power coming from your MacBook to drive the signal clearly and strongly.Once you’ve got it all hooked up, and you’re seeing your Mac’s screen up on the external monitor, go ahead and close the MacBook’s lid. You might see a short blank screen, but it should come right back up.

If, like me, you accidentally disconnect your MacBook from power while it’s in this closed-clamshell mode, it may look like your Mac shut down. Don’t worry; simply reconnect that magnetic power plug and tap the spacebar on your external keyboard a couple of times to wake the display.Now you’ll be able to work on an external monitor without having to deal with the MacBook screen staring you in the face while you work. You can even store the closed MacBook to the side or under the external monitor to give you a bit more desk space.Source.