Remote Power on HTPC

[pdwatermelon]

Is there anyway to do this from multiple rooms of the house. I have the HTPC in the good ol closet and want to access it from two seperate rooms. One upstairs and one Down. Is there a way to turn it on from either location without pushing the power button.

 

[sabregen]

http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=AP9214

 

[pdwatermelon]

Does that turn the power of the PC back on? It looked like that was more of a remote power off button which I really don't need. I was wanting to be able to turn the power on if at all possible

 

[outspoken]

in the bios you could set Wake on LAN which essentially turns the computer on if it receives a packet over ethernet.

you could script something to ping the host, and have that script run from another system. i'd imagine you could put something together to make this work via remote control with another system listening, but it might get more complicated than necessary.

 

[curtcheese64]

Enable wake on lan for the HTPC and then use a program like Fusion on the computers accessing it. As for remotely shutting down the HTPC you could use remote desktop.

 

[outspoken]

for shutdown you could send remote commands to ease the pain of having to login via remote desktop. look into it if you want a quick click solution.

 

[pdwatermelon]

I think the wakeup would work, but I won't have another computer to access it via ethernet cable. I would preferably like to use a remote, just like turning on a TV. Something for the wife to use. I know you can setup in the bios to turn it on using the keyboard and the PS2 port, but it doesn't work with a keyboard via the USB port for me/. none the less I won't have access to even a keyboard in that room of the house. Is this at all possible to turn on a computer with a remote.

 

[Adidas4275]

hmmm, if you put it to sleep instead an xbox360 or extender would wake the PC