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From: Elvis Presley [elvis.presley@...]
Subject: Re: [LUG] OT: remote PC power switch

> Anyone have a clever solution for how to switch on a PC that's
> isolated in a closet or other enclosure. I was thinking of just
> extending the wire on the power/reset switch so I could take it out
> the closet and up to my desk but that seems inelegant.

If you have set up network, you can remotely turn your computer on/off with
WON (wake-on-lan) using the MAC address.

If you have just one machine and want to turn it on/off from another room,
your solution with an extended wire sounds quite plausible to me.