Power manage your motherboard over Wi-Fi
Why did I need this I started this project to be able to work around an issue I was having with my desktop PC, specifically I thought that it had something to do with the network port on the motherboard: as it turned out, I only had a faulty Ethernet cable! Replacing the cable solved the random disconnects and reconnects that I was experiencing. That being said, I built the following system to be able to forcefully shut down and monitor the power state of that desktop PC, since I use it as a server and it is not in a comfortable position to reach for pressing the power button nor checking its status LED; I also found out that not all recent motherboards have Wake on LAN1 capabilities, so this might come in handy for another project. ...