Get wake on lan (WAL) functionality even when motherboard doesn't support it

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Is there a way to get wake on lan (WAL) functionality (or something similar) even when your motherboard doesn't support wake on lan?
 
your mobo has to have it or it wont work. how old is this system? pretty much everything in the last 10-15 years has WAL
 
Well, not exactly. Depends on what state the machine is in that you want to wake up from. Powered off? No. Sleep mode? Yes. Any add-on nic (like most Intels) that supports WoL can have the feature enabled in the device properties in Windows where it will wake up the computer from sleep mode.
 
pendragon1 said:
your mobo has to have it or it wont work. how old is this system? pretty much everything in the last 10-15 years has WAL
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Well, the computer that it would be kind of nice to have it on is a Dell inspiron 3552. It's a budget laptop, 1 generation back in processors (6th or 7th gereration processor). As an aside, a search on the Dell laptop support community forums showed even higher end laptops not having it. Perhaps it's mostly desktops that it has been built into.
 
Grebuloner said:
Well, not exactly. Depends on what state the machine is in that you want to wake up from. Powered off? No. Sleep mode? Yes. Any add-on nic (like most Intels) that supports WoL can have the feature enabled in the device properties in Windows where it will wake up the computer from sleep mode.
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I could live with being able to just wake it from sleep mode.
Thanks, I will look into network cards.
 
the onboard should support that type of wake up. I was thinking from off...
 
pendragon1 said:
the onboard should support that type of wake up. I was thinking from off...
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I assume that you are saying without an external (usb) network card. I didn't see it in the bios. I will look some more/ hunt for resources.
It also only has wifi, which can't be a good sign (either a neutral or negative sign)
 
Get a wifi connected power switch and set the machine to always power on after power loss. You can get them for like $15.
 
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