Plex and Wake On Lan

Dirk Diggler · 6 Aug 2014 at 21:27

I want my media server to sit in sleep mode (Windows 8.1) until I want to stream some media via Plex.

Does anyone have this configured and could share the settings please?

Thanks.

Dirk Diggler · 7 Aug 2014 at 13:10

badcompany said:
Can do this of client is running xbmc and has advanced wol add-on installed I think.

It's Plex I'm using, not XBMC. I've playing around with it, but it's complicated by the fact I want Teamviewer running too.

Rig is drawing 40w so maybe I should just leave it on 24/7 as it shouldn't cost that much?

It just seems a shame to have it on when not in use, would be better for the components (especially the fans) if I could have it switch on on demand.

Can I set the PC to boot into Windows on power up? I'm looking at those power sockets that are worked by wifi...

Dirk Diggler · 7 Aug 2014 at 18:52

Finners said:
Can you not just let it sleep and under device manager allow the network adapter to wake the computer.

Then when something tries to connect to it, it should wake up.

I can't get it to sleep automatically, and when I manually make it sleep it wakes pretty much straight away. I think Teamviewer has to go.

Dirk Diggler · 2 Jan 2015 at 15:03

So consensus is that if the electricity cost isn't too high, just leave it on 24/7?