Okay, so I will start by saying that I am some what savvy in computers, but I know when I am in over my head! So I was hoping that I could get some help here (and yes I have googled but I was lost).
I have Plex setup on my htpc and I love it and its worked perfectly other than the computer occasionally falls asleep so i will have to wake it up to watch the movie. The problem comes now that my brother-in-law asked if he could watch my movies and I of course have to oblige (he is really awesome and has had alot adversity in his life).
So I want to set my computer up to wake up on LAN so I don't have to run it every day,
So I googled it and found that motherboard is compatible and I have turned WOL on in the bios. The part I am becoming scared on is messing with my router. I have a netgear WNDR3400 which does not have that capability, however I have read that if I use tomato (no idea wtf that is) I can import new settings to make it work...
So does this make anysense to anyone? Will I brick my router if I try this?
Also does WOL need a hard wired connection? I just realized my computer is wireless(for now)...
I have Plex setup on my htpc and I love it and its worked perfectly other than the computer occasionally falls asleep so i will have to wake it up to watch the movie. The problem comes now that my brother-in-law asked if he could watch my movies and I of course have to oblige (he is really awesome and has had alot adversity in his life).
So I want to set my computer up to wake up on LAN so I don't have to run it every day,
So I googled it and found that motherboard is compatible and I have turned WOL on in the bios. The part I am becoming scared on is messing with my router. I have a netgear WNDR3400 which does not have that capability, however I have read that if I use tomato (no idea wtf that is) I can import new settings to make it work...
So does this make anysense to anyone? Will I brick my router if I try this?
Also does WOL need a hard wired connection? I just realized my computer is wireless(for now)...