Problem Statement: All my files are stored in a server that runs ZFS, the problem is most of my development is done at my laptop. A lazy guy I am, I find the need to turn on both machines a bit boring and time-consuming. I spent a weekend to investigate how I could remotely turn on/off the machine from my laptop, and this project is the result of my investigation.

Terminology:

• 'server' refers to the machine of which you want to remotely administrate
• 'client' refers to the device from which you will administrate the server

Assumptions:

• Both of your server and client has a running copy of python. My version is 2.6.6, but all recent versions should be fine.
• Your server motherboard supports wake-on-LAN and this feature is enabled.
• My laptop is a mac while the server is running FreeBSD 8.2. However the instructions and scripts will be able to run on most *nix or even Windows machines with minimal modifications.

Steps:

1. Clone the github project and you shall get 2 folders: client and server
2. Follow the instructions in the client and server folders

1. The scripts are assuming python is at /usr/local/bin. This is true for my machine, please verify its location at your end.
2. The wake-on-lan only works when the system is in soft-shutdown. In other words, if your system had a cold shutdown (i.e. power supply off), it won`t be able to wake up from network activity.