Ever wish you could wake your computer out of sleep mode without trudging over to it and pressing the power button? Wake-on-LAN allows you to turn a computer on using its network connection, so you ...

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Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is editor-at-large and Vergecast co-host with over a decade of experience covering consumer tech. Previously, at ...

At home I have two computers, in two different rooms, both with internet access. My main computer is connected through a router that is connected to a cable modem, the cable modem is also connected to ...