How do Wake-On-Lan works?
A look on how Wake-On-Lan work and how to create your own Golang packet
There are multiple scenarios where you want to turn on a computer from a remote location. For example, a system administrator needs to upgrade and backup every client computer on a network after work hours and power-saving mode is turned on to save power or you have a power-hungry rendering server that is not in use 24/7.
This post will focus on the technical implementation of how Wake-on-LAN works while a later post will feature how to activate it in BIOS and the operating system.
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