I’ve had a laptop that I’ve never been able to get WoL (Wireless or otherwise) to work, no matter what I tried. Recently realized that the Bluetooth keyboard I used was able to wake it with a key press though.

I searched and found an ESP Home project that will make an ESP32 emulate a Bluetooth keyboard - https://github.com/dmamontov/esphome-blekeyboard

Now for $6 of hardware, I can wake my Laptop up remotely via HA, whenever needed. Definitely recommended!

  • Kuinox@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    10 months ago

    Ah yes, because it’s a laptop, I know lots of desktop have the option tho.

    • Norah - She/TheyEnglish
      4·
      10 months ago

      I think most laptop’s still have the option of whether to boot or not when you plug them in with a dead battery.