THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! I could not figure it out - and then I found your tutorial. Straightforward, clear and easy to follow. I now have my computer all hooked up to Alexa. Thank you again!
I tried searching for a tutorial in my native language which is spanish and i could only find a tutorial that was 30 minutes long and it dragged out so long as well as it added a ton of unnecessary apps.. Thankfully i found this video earlier today and the setup couldn't be easier, kudos to you because it was extremely simple and easy to do and it was nice knowing how the feature worked.
Pues yo no consigo encenderlo con el Amazon Echo, habilite la tarjeta de red, añadi la extension, me lo reconoce Alexa, pero cuando le ordeno encender el PC me contesta Vale, y ya esta, simplemente no lo enciende. ¿que estoy haciendo mal?
@@eduardofox3882 Asegúrate de habilitar la opción de wake on Lan en tu bios, busca si tu motherboard soporta la opción. Si hiciste todo bien debería de funcionar, quizás revisa si el código Mac esta bien puesto y que no estas poniendo una tarjeta de red que no es.
SOLUTION: To everyone who does have ASUS motherboard and still can't make it work after following all steps. You need to go in to the BIOS under Advanced/APM Configuration/Turn on PC by PCI-E and set it to Enabled and it will work!
Andy, thank you for this information. I just realized that I could turn my PC on remotely. Found your video and it worked perfectly. I appreciate your posting :-)
Awesome! I tried following along with another video about a year ago, could never end up getting it working… finally got it setup properly with your video, thanks!
Hi guys, for those who have troubles turning on the pc while completely shut off, make sure you have tried the following steps: 1) enabled WOL from the control panel 2) enabled WOL from BIOS (you can find tutorials easily for your motherboard) 3) disabled the Fast Startup option For the last step go to control panel > power options > choose what the power buttons do (from the left menu) > change settings that are currently unavailable and finally uncheck the "Turn on fast startup" option. Hope it helps and btw great video Andy :)
This is great. Finally got the wake on Lan skill to work. Now I can be out and about and if work needs me to send something from my pc and it's off I can turn it on and control it remotely! 😁
Worked Perfectly. Thank you for the video. I have put my laptop in the "Gaming group" in the Alexa Group so everything power's up all at the same time! Nice ! :)
I don’t have BIOS, I have the UEFI setup, which has nothing about WOL... Edit: I figured it out, you just need to go to the advanced tab, ACPI configuration, then enable PCIE Devices Power On.
This skill was working perfectly for me for months. Then, a couple of weeks ago, it just stopped. I did all the usual steps; went back to the beginning and made sure everything was enabled correctly. Checked the mac address, removed the skill and added it again. But the app just can't find my PC anymore. However, I can wake my PC with other wake on lan apps; it's just this skill that's stopped working.
Thats a weird one. It did happen to me once, and it turned out the skill had disconnected from the Alexa app, but it sounds like you may be having a different issue. My only thought is that something is blocking on the network, maybe a port on the router but its a long shot. Worth reaching out to the skills creator, his details are on the bottom of the wolskill.com website.
This video was incredibly helpful. Found after going through several wolskill videos but couldn't get turning on to work. Your vid was so thorough now it works like a charm
Idk for other people but in my main PC the WoL skill works fine! I say, "Alexa, turn on the PC" and with a Echo Plug for the Monitor and the ethernet and skill for the main PC, all set-up now it's On, thank u so much! Now I want to turn all OFF with the voice, and I dont know if paying for will work fine tbh xD Idk why i think that, But great video, works for me at 10/24/2020.
The switching off seems to give people less issues as it is just an app that sits and waits for a command and tells Windows to shutdown, if you do decide to buy it the only thing is to make sure you let it through your firewall. :)
No it isn't over kill and yes it's extremely geeky and we love it Thank you so much. I have a room set up so when I say "Alexa Start Game Room" my PC comes on and all my philips hue and racing simulator and the electric blinds drop thermostat sets tp 19 degrees (too hot with all the screens in the room) or in the Summer it turns the air con on owe and starts my play list 🤣 amazing time to be alive.
Enable the skill on amazon account, make sure your WoL is enabled in BIOS and Windows (I assume it is), add your pc's mac address on the website and then the step I was forgetting to do was to ask alexa to "discover devices" (just need to say that once after adding to the wolskill website) . That's when my PC was detected and then I could say alexa turn on my pc and it worked fine
@@mohammedkahaf2428 I did everything, wolskill website, bios, discover device, I mean everything event flashing a custom firmware in my router. WOL work with apps. so its not my pc config and or router or bios. its not the website because its linked succesfully, its not the mac adresse also since its a copy paste from my router WOL feature. Alexa say okay when I ask her to open the pc. All I can see its the sonosbeam firmware doesn't allow WOL. ALL I see its the Wake on lan controller isn't supported by third party alexa device.
Fantastic and well explained video my bro. Sat watching this in the living room where I have an Alexa nearby. You said it so many times it activated it. And the first time, it turned on all the lights in my office, the switch, the lot. And for this reason it's a 4/5 starts. but thanks for the explanation.
No problems so far, but no harm reaching out to the creator to see if he can answer any questions you might have. At least Amazon have allowed the skill so at least theres some potential accountability.
Could be a few things to be honest. You could try the following, but each machine is slightly different so it's really trial and error. Best bet is to Google search wake on lan for your specific PC and see if theres any particular settings you need. * update the driver for the network card * check that WOL is enabled in the bios * disable any firewalls temporarily
True! Figured this out the hard way! In more recent videos I do this or refer to Alexa as 'herself ' in my best Irish accent. :) Thanks for the input though 👍
Hardly any experience with PC’s and stuff like this, got an Alexa last month after getting a smart bulb in my room and being obsessed with seeing how many things I can turn on with my Alexa, got my Xbox working and can even launch games via Alexa even tho it’s easier to just use your controller but that’s not cool, and even got my pc working on it with this despite it being really old and basically useless at times
It gets a bit addictive trying to figure out what you can automate. :) I've done locks, heaters, every plug socket, fans, TVs and next thing is hopefully going to be window blinds. :) Have fun 👍
Best thing is to use a free wake on lan app from your phone to check its setup correctly. Each PC has slightly different BIOS and lan card settings so best to Google your own setup as there's no way to troubleshoot each specific configuration. Remember this doesn't work with WiFi cards, only wired lan, and not all motherboards will support so best to Google your card and board to see if there's specific settings for your hardware. Most common issues are: * firewall blocking * wrong mac address on website * lan card needs updating
(June 2022) I can only turn off my Acer Predator by saying: "Alexa, turn off the computer" and when I said "Alexa, turn on my computer" it won't turn my computer on. I tried to follow your instructions to the letter, but the software in the Alexa App is different and my computer wont' let me access its BOIS. Update: I had to take out the hardware I installed on my laptop and use the laptop alone to access its BOIS Settings. I enabled "Wake on LAN" and I can only turn the laptop off
Best thing is to use a free wake on lan app from your phone to check its setup correctly. Each PC has slightly different BIOS and lan card settings so best to Google your own setup as there's no way to troubleshoot each specific configuration. Remember this doesn't work with WiFi cards, only wired lan, and not all motherboards will support so best to Google your card and board to see if there's specific settings for your hardware. Some are pretty well buried or have slightly different names or descriptions, but most have the functionality.
Had the same issue myself first time around and only seemed to let me after 2 updates of the driver for my network card. Try and see if there's any windows updates first then try updating the network card driver in the properties. Hope this helps
I used a Gosund mini smart plug as power on/off switch for my PC. All you have to do is press the power on switch on your phone app, but have to enable the power management on the bios setup.
Great Video! Will this still work if the (amazon echo) is far way from from the computer? For example if the amazon echo is in another room or if i use the app remotely will it power it on?
Thanks for the vid! I was able to get it to turn on and off my computer. but how do you control your monitor to turn on also? right now, I have dual monitors plugged into a smart plug, Alexa routine to turn them both on and off, but when turning on with the routine my screens stay black until I move my mouse. any ideas to fix that?
This might rely on the monitor settings tbh. Some monitors which support CEC have settings that will automatically turn on when they receive a HDMI signal so you might see if your monitor supports that.
So I wanna put this here for anyone in need of a bit of help getting this all set up, I was almost ready to join the handful of the comment section asking for help because it just wasn't working no matter what I did. Until I noticed something odd about my ethernet driver itself, it was last updated in 2015 and was all up to date which led me to realize it's nothing to do with my hardware and all to do with my software. I spent probably an hr and a half trying to trouble shoot and ended up fixing it by doing these 2 simple steps, starting with going into your bios clicking advanced and making sure you actually have WOL enabled. Many people still complain after this that they still don't see it which was my personal experience until I installed a recent version + update of my driver, now I can see the power management tab and all the stuff under devices that wasn't there prior to the reinstallation. (Note that you wanna make sure you uninstall the outdated driver before the reinstallation just make sure you download the correct version first or you won't have any internet.) Hope this helps someone in need!
It's not working, everytime I ask to turn on my pc alexa says ok then nothing happens. And on the wake on lan app on my phone it just keeps saying PC woke even though it's off.
So check out some recent comments as there are some updates and bios options to try suggested by some people. Bare in mind this will only work on lan cards and if the wake on lan app doesn't work its most likely the local network or the PC setup.
@@AndysTechLife Hi Andy, thanks for the quick reply. It works for me over Wi-Fi, I can shut down the PC and also turn it on. However, I can only wake it up if it's in Sleep or Hibernate. Cannot wake it up when fully shutdown. I checked the BIOS and windows for anything turning off the network card but with no avail.
1. The network cable should be connected ? 2. It will work if my Mac code is just 12 digits? 3. Normally now "my laptop" is shown on the device lists, but it's not responsive.
1. Yes will only work with network cable not via laptop. 2. MAC addresses are generally 12 digits with : between each pair of 2. 3. Don't understand that last one tbh. But this will work with any wired device as long as the bios and card support Wake On Lan
so I got it to work for turning my computer on from sleep mode, but it will not power on from off status and it also wont turn my pc off either and I did purchase the license. any ideas? thanks
I know the first time it didnt work for me I had to update the driver for my network card and then it worked. You might also check if theres a setting that allows the device to shut down the computer as I've seen this in some power settings and ensure this is enabled. Hope this helps. Seems like this isn't the most straightforward setup for some people.
Thank you for the video!! I can only get it to work when my PC is sleeping, not shut down (which is better than I had it before) which is a little frustrating... any thoughts?
Sounds like there's a setting that is telling the network card to fully switch off when you power the PC off. You might check power settings and see if there's an option to allow or prevent the PC from turning off the network card. Check out some of the other comments here too as there are a few things to try depending on your particular setup.
WOL on the eithernetwork card? Does your compute need to be connected to a hub through an ethernet cable? Or will this work when your PC is wifi? thanks
Only works via ethernet as the ethernet cable provides enough power to trigger the wake on lan command. Wifi will switch off when the PC is off so can't listen for the wake command.
1. should i logout from wolskill website after setting up the info ? 2.In your video wolskill is showing Amazon id and a License no but for me it is only Amazon ID...why? 3. " Now you can add the WOL skill on the Alexa app, sign in with the same details and it will detect this PC as a smart device that Alexa can now control." .......... this Alexa app is installed where in my pc or in my phone?
It doesn't matter if you logout from the website when you're done adding PCs, however if you watch fully, you need to sign up for a licence and WOLskill ID to use the windows app. Wake on lan you can do without a licence, but to use the PC app which performs the shutdown you need a licence. It's once off and unlimited.
hiya mate, class video thanks very much, however i have an issue being that under my network adapters i dont have a realtek pcie gbe family controller, only the WAN miniports, any suggestions on what to do? thanks.
So this will only work with wired Lan cards so if you can figure out the lan adaptor you have the setup should be very similar. Best to Google your own PC as you might find what to look for.
I have a problem, I have the option of wake on lan on my bios on. But when i give the command to alexa didn't work. Only works when the pc is suspected
The only things I can think if here is that the Bios may have a setting for sleep instead of switch off. Or the lan card could be turned off by windows when the PC powers off. Best to Google your own bios and lan card to see if there's a specific setting. Just FYI there are some cards and bios that just don't seem to support. :( hope you get it sorted.
I try hitting the Realtek PCIe GbE Family Controller Properties you've mentioned at around 3:19, but it only shows me 6 little tabs. General, Advanced, Driver, Details, Events, and Resources. Does this mean my computer is not capable of running it?
Bare in mind the off function needs the app and a licence on the PC. If the app is installed on your PC and the ID and licence says connected the only thing id suggest is checking if your firewall or security settings are blocking the WOL skill app.
Hi Andy and everyone. Great Video I just can't bring my Alexa to turn on the computer. Does the computer need a WLAN connection? My PC has only a LAN connection. Can this be the problem? Otherwise I don't know where I fail. I followed every step.
Hi there, yes this only works with Lan not over WiFi. Most common issues are the driver for the network card needing updating, firewall blocking or wrong MAC address on the website. What's interesting is that the Alexa skill will pick up the device even if the MAC address is incorrect as it takes its queue from the website. Best thing to try is install a free Wake on LAN app for your phone and see if everything works doing that way. If not you know its the pc or network that is the issue. If it does work then you know its an issue with the WOL skill. Hope this helps.
Found a way, but its really complicated and needs, IFTTT, your phone, and an android app, so im going to see if there's an easier way. If not ill do a video going through the steps anyway.
Can I make the turn off PC command to put the PC to sleep mode instead if I customize the PC's power button to (sleep) from the "Choose what the power buttons do" in the Control Panel?
So in the Windows companion app for WOL Skill there is an option to change from shutdown to sleep, but to be honest it never seems to work for me but you might have more luck :(
Andy: Considering this process.......However in just perusing the early steps I noticed one of the steps when checking access was "ONLY allow wake up with a magic packet" ??????? If I check this box; will I still be able to turn the PC on manually???
Yes the magic packet is only for the wake on lan method, its just a specific packet of information that it waits for, but everything manual will remain unaffected.
So at this point in the video I'm not downloading a new app, I'm going into the Alexa app on the mobile phone and adding the Wake On Lan skill. There's no additional apps needed on your phone, but you do need to add the skill to Alexa for it to work. So all of this is done on the Alexa app. Later on, if you want to turn off the PC you'll need to install the PC app on the PC itself from www.wolskill.com/ and add the license key etc.
Thanks for the video! I was really excited to try all this with my new Echo. I followed every step and nothing worked... I have a hunch that my Ubiquiti Unify setup might complicate things as I have multiple MAC addresses for my setup... do you happen to know how to get this to work?
Not really familiar with the Ubiquiti Unify network setup tbh, but there should still be only 1 mac address for the lan card on you PC. The mac address is the hardware address so you need to find the one for your wired network card on the pc itself as this doesn't work via WiFi. Best thing is to get a free wake on lan app for your phone and use that to find and test the right mac address and check the setup is correct on your PC
@@AndysTechLife Yes, I found the 1 MAC address for my LAN card, but before that MAC address is my switch which has a different MAC address, and before THAT is a gateway which has ANOTHER MAC address. So the order goes Gateway MAC >> Switch MAC >> LAN MAC.. too much of a networking noob to try and get this =/
You shouldn't need any of those tbh. The wake on lan command will go straight to the mac address of the PC. As long as all the devices are on the same network the echo should see and be able to talk to the MAC of the PC. Don't over complicate it by worrying about other devices. Best option is to start by getting wake on lan working from the phone app and work from there.
Best thing is to use a free wake on lan app from your phone to check its setup correctly. Each PC has slightly different BIOS and lan card settings so best to Google your own setup as there's no way to troubleshoot each specific configuration. Remember this doesn't work with WiFi cards, only wired lan, and not all motherboards will support so best to Google your card and board to see if there's specific settings for your hardware. Most common issues are: * firewall blocking * wrong mac address on website * lan card needs updating
Hi . I have done exactly as described in the video but it doesn't work . Alexa says okay when I tell her to turn on but nothing happens . Checked the bios and device manager as well . The device is showing on my Alexa app . Can you suggest what to do next .
Best thing is to use a free wake on lan app from your phone to check its setup correctly. Each PC has slightly different BIOS and lan card settings so best to Google your own setup as there's no way to troubleshoot each specific configuration. Remember this doesn't work with WiFi cards, only wired lan, and not all motherboards will support so best to Google your card and board to see if there's specific settings for your hardware. Most common issues are: * firewall blocking * wrong mac address on website * lan card needs updating
It worked for me to turn on the PC after enabling an option in BIOS, but it only turn it on not off .. any suggestions? and thank you for the great tutorial and overall content!
Generally either the windows app installed on your PC needs firewall access to listen for the turn off command, or the license and key from the Wolskill website are incorrect. these are the most common causes of the 'off' command not working.
Funnily enough I couldn't find it in the allowed list on my 'allow through firewall option' in windows, so this may not be an issue. I've added it manually by adding a new app through the firewall and adding wolskill.exe from the folder its sitting in. I'd suggest try reinstalling the windows app and ensuring that it says that your license key and ID are correct and it shows up as connected. If this is all correct you should be good to go.
For some reason this is not working for me, I did triple check everything, my MAC is right, I tried multiple names for the PC, the PC is showing in my devices in Alexa app, I did re do it couple of times in different orders, in the bios wake op on lan is enabled, it is the right lan card because it is the only one I have and I did quadruple check that my PC is using that card to connect to the internet, even in the bios the MAC was the same as the one on wolskill, account is showing as linked with green color and still when I tell alexa to start it with no matter what what "switch on my" or "turn on the" she says "OK" and nothing happens...
Best thing is to use a free wake on lan app from your phone to check its setup correctly. Each PC has slightly different BIOS and lan card settings so best to Google your own setup as there's no way to troubleshoot each specific configuration. Remember this doesn't work with WiFi cards, only wired lan, and not all motherboards will support so best to Google your card and board to see if there's specific settings for your hardware. Some are pretty well buried or have slightly different names or descriptions, but most have the functionality.
@@AndysTechLife Ok, your answer made me search again to maybe find why it didn't work and I found it and fixed it! The issue was that in the BIOS of ASUS mobos(B360 Asus ROG STRIX F-Gaming is mine) there is a setting "Power on PC by PCI-E" which have to be enabled, and now it works perfectly. Maybe you can communicate that some other users aswell, it is in the Advanced/APM Configuration/Power on PC by PCI-E - Enabled, thank you.
Set it up everything worked but one problem, my machine is waking up at 12 AM GMT that is 5:30 AM indian standard time. How do I get rid off this spurious wake up?
The only thing I can think of here is that there may be an auto power on setting in the bios or setting of the card which is triggering at that time. I'd check the bios first as some have the option to auto on at a selected time. The Alexa stuff shouldn't be doing this unless you've created some routine to do this at that time.
@@AndysTechLife Thanks for the reply, I haven't set up any routine for the wakeup. BIOS also I could find only one option that is to toggle WOL feature, there aren't any time based wake up settings.
Not sure what would be causing this then. Maybe try disabling the Alexa skill and see if it still triggers, if it does you know its the PC that's the issue so its setting somewhere, if not it may be a glitch with the skill.
@@AndysTechLife Actually I have switched off the echo device itself. Let me see. Also I have dual boot machine, wondering if there is a Windows update being attempted at 12AM GMT.
Have a look through the rest of the comments here and see if there's anything else to try. Other than that all I can suggest is reaching out to the skill creator
Under advanced I don't see Wake on Lan or Magic Packet, though I did have the correct settings available in the power management section. Any idea what I need to do?
It might show up as something slightly different on some cards. Bare in mind this is lan cards only. One thing to try is updating the drivers for the lan card and if that doesn't work only advice is to Google you're specific network card to see if the option is available.
Best to check out the other comments on this video as there are multiple reasons. Hopefully you'll find a resolution in one of them. The skill saying disconnected is generally a firewall issue or wrong MAC address. Failing that your best bet is to contact the skill creator.
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Literally just done this and while the tutorial is kinda old now it works great! one step closer to making my room voice enabled!
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! I could not figure it out - and then I found your tutorial. Straightforward, clear and easy to follow. I now have my computer all hooked up to Alexa. Thank you again!
Usually, i don't like long videos, but this one i like because i know what I'm doing and what is going on. Thank you so much
I tried searching for a tutorial in my native language which is spanish and i could only find a tutorial that was 30 minutes long and it dragged out so long as well as it added a ton of unnecessary apps..
Thankfully i found this video earlier today and the setup couldn't be easier, kudos to you because it was extremely simple and easy to do and it was nice knowing how the feature worked.
Thanks for the feedback :)
Pues yo no consigo encenderlo con el Amazon Echo, habilite la tarjeta de red, añadi la extension, me lo reconoce Alexa, pero cuando le ordeno encender el PC me contesta Vale, y ya esta, simplemente no lo enciende. ¿que estoy haciendo mal?
@@eduardofox3882 Asegúrate de habilitar la opción de wake on Lan en tu bios, busca si tu motherboard soporta la opción.
Si hiciste todo bien debería de funcionar, quizás revisa si el código Mac esta bien puesto y que no estas poniendo una tarjeta de red que no es.
SOLUTION: To everyone who does have ASUS motherboard and still can't make it work after following all steps. You need to go in to the BIOS under Advanced/APM Configuration/Turn on PC by PCI-E and set it to Enabled and it will work!
Thanks so much for the comment, hope others find this really helpful! :D
I have a sus motherboard
woooooooow you just helped so much
you are a W my friend
Still doesn’t work.. rip
@@XerxesPlayZ yeah tf do we do now? It doesn’t work at all for me and I did this step afterwards
Thanks for this!!! Got it going and started in under 20 minutes!! Stumbled on this channel in a search and don't regret it!
Glad to have helped out!
works great (october 2020)
@Santino Finley I’m pretty sure this is a bot saying I have seen people say the same exact message
Is it life time free? Just wanna confirm
Andy, thank you for this information. I just realized that I could turn my PC on remotely. Found your video and it worked perfectly. I appreciate your posting :-)
Glad it helped
This is under rated, dude THANK YOU
Thanks for the feedback :)
Awesome! I tried following along with another video about a year ago, could never end up getting it working… finally got it setup properly with your video, thanks!
Great to hear!
Hi guys, for those who have troubles turning on the pc while completely shut off, make sure you have tried the following steps:
1) enabled WOL from the control panel
2) enabled WOL from BIOS (you can find tutorials easily for your motherboard)
3) disabled the Fast Startup option
For the last step go to control panel > power options > choose what the power buttons do (from the left menu) > change settings that are currently unavailable and finally uncheck the "Turn on fast startup" option.
Hope it helps and btw great video Andy :)
Thanks, and thanks for posting!
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Hi Marco, Where about's is enable WOL from control panel? I've done all the other steps but can't find this one? Thanks 🙂
This is great. Finally got the wake on Lan skill to work. Now I can be out and about and if work needs me to send something from my pc and it's off I can turn it on and control it remotely! 😁
Well done. I managed to set mine up to start via Alexa thanks to your instructions. Cheers mate.
Worked Perfectly. Thank you for the video. I have put my laptop in the "Gaming group" in the Alexa Group so everything power's up all at the same time! Nice ! :)
Nice!
I don’t have BIOS, I have the UEFI setup, which has nothing about WOL...
Edit: I figured it out, you just need to go to the advanced tab, ACPI configuration, then enable PCIE Devices Power On.
Nice and a good tip for others! Thanks for sharing and glad you got it sorted 👍
Holy shit thanks mate I would have never found it
much love 😮💨👍🏻
I’m so glad that you censored the a-word 🙏
perfect when you need something home at your PC and you can turn it on from office.
One of the things I use it for :)
Absolute legend man, cheers!
Thank you so much, it worked better than with ifttt! You rock!
Works like a charm Andy!! Thank you so much for this very helpful video.
"Echo, RTX on"... *turns pc on* 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱
Thanks for making this video, didn't underexplain nor overexplain, a great video
Glad it was helpful!
Great video man. Thanks. Gonna try this when my 3rd gen Echo arrives tomorrow. Can't wake.
Also, subbed.
Thanks 😊
This skill was working perfectly for me for months. Then, a couple of weeks ago, it just stopped. I did all the usual steps; went back to the beginning and made sure everything was enabled correctly. Checked the mac address, removed the skill and added it again. But the app just can't find my PC anymore. However, I can wake my PC with other wake on lan apps; it's just this skill that's stopped working.
Thats a weird one. It did happen to me once, and it turned out the skill had disconnected from the Alexa app, but it sounds like you may be having a different issue. My only thought is that something is blocking on the network, maybe a port on the router but its a long shot. Worth reaching out to the skills creator, his details are on the bottom of the wolskill.com website.
Same for me, did u find any solution?
Straight to the point, very useful and works perfectly. Good stuff 👍
This video was incredibly helpful. Found after going through several wolskill videos but couldn't get turning on to work. Your vid was so thorough now it works like a charm
Nice tutorial, who new this feature would work with Alexa.
Idk for other people but in my main PC the WoL skill works fine! I say, "Alexa, turn on the PC" and with a Echo Plug for the Monitor and the ethernet and skill for the main PC, all set-up now it's On, thank u so much! Now I want to turn all OFF with the voice, and I dont know if paying for will work fine tbh xD Idk why i think that, But great video, works for me at 10/24/2020.
The switching off seems to give people less issues as it is just an app that sits and waits for a command and tells Windows to shutdown, if you do decide to buy it the only thing is to make sure you let it through your firewall. :)
Thank you :), works brilliantly
No it isn't over kill and yes it's extremely geeky and we love it
Thank you so much. I have a room set up so when I say "Alexa Start Game Room" my PC comes on and all my philips hue and racing simulator and the electric blinds drop thermostat sets tp 19 degrees (too hot with all the screens in the room) or in the Summer it turns the air con on owe and starts my play list 🤣 amazing time to be alive.
Nice set-up!
WOL does work over apps or websites but the skill does nothing. Someone with the same situation or a fix?
yes same issue
@@jonathanlajoie3921 It works for me, what's the issue? I'll help if you need
Enable the skill on amazon account, make sure your WoL is enabled in BIOS and Windows (I assume it is), add your pc's mac address on the website and then the step I was forgetting to do was to ask alexa to "discover devices" (just need to say that once after adding to the wolskill website) . That's when my PC was detected and then I could say alexa turn on my pc and it worked fine
@@mohammedkahaf2428 I did everything, wolskill website, bios, discover device, I mean everything event flashing a custom firmware in my router. WOL work with apps. so its not my pc config and or router or bios. its not the website because its linked succesfully, its not the mac adresse also since its a copy paste from my router WOL feature. Alexa say okay when I ask her to open the pc. All I can see its the sonosbeam firmware doesn't allow WOL. ALL I see its the Wake on lan controller isn't supported by third party alexa device.
Fantastic and well explained video my bro. Sat watching this in the living room where I have an Alexa nearby. You said it so many times it activated it. And the first time, it turned on all the lights in my office, the switch, the lot.
And for this reason it's a 4/5 starts. but thanks for the explanation.
Thank you! In later videos I've taken to muting out when I say the word Alexa! ;)
I’m a little concerned about giving a website my MAC and Amazon account information. Has anyone had any problems/can verify the website is safe?
No problems so far, but no harm reaching out to the creator to see if he can answer any questions you might have. At least Amazon have allowed the skill so at least theres some potential accountability.
I feel the same way can you look into this more as for security I just bought a IR on off for my cube but I like this too
very clair and details are So helpfull thanksss !!
Nice tutorial , easy to follow step by step ❤️
Glad you liked it
Thanks It Works (October 31st 2020)
Great, thanks for letting everyone know :)
@@AndysTechLife Its November 11 and it does not work
I can’t turn desktop off I can’t turn on how do I fix this
Could be a few things to be honest. You could try the following, but each machine is slightly different so it's really trial and error. Best bet is to Google search wake on lan for your specific PC and see if theres any particular settings you need.
* update the driver for the network card
* check that WOL is enabled in the bios
* disable any firewalls temporarily
Works great 👍🏻
Something other youtubers do that you should to... censor the word “Alexa” so it doesn’t wake up any voice assistants.
True! Figured this out the hard way! In more recent videos I do this or refer to Alexa as 'herself ' in my best Irish accent. :) Thanks for the input though 👍
Thank you so much this is so cool!
Glad you like it!
8:19 Just for me
Very good explanation of everything. Worked great.
Great tutorial!
Great video. Found it very useful. Liked and Subcribed 👍
Awesome, thank you!
Nice job - very helpful vid
OMG THIS IT THE BEST THING EVER I LOVE IT I JUST HAD TO DO SOME BIOS CHANGES BUT ITS SUPER
Happy to help :)
Hardly any experience with PC’s and stuff like this, got an Alexa last month after getting a smart bulb in my room and being obsessed with seeing how many things I can turn on with my Alexa, got my Xbox working and can even launch games via Alexa even tho it’s easier to just use your controller but that’s not cool, and even got my pc working on it with this despite it being really old and basically useless at times
It gets a bit addictive trying to figure out what you can automate. :) I've done locks, heaters, every plug socket, fans, TVs and next thing is hopefully going to be window blinds. :) Have fun 👍
Thanks for the tips , I only can turn off the PC neither turn it on or sleep , any thoughts
Best thing is to use a free wake on lan app from your phone to check its setup correctly. Each PC has slightly different BIOS and lan card settings so best to Google your own setup as there's no way to troubleshoot each specific configuration.
Remember this doesn't work with WiFi cards, only wired lan, and not all motherboards will support so best to Google your card and board to see if there's specific settings for your hardware.
Most common issues are:
* firewall blocking
* wrong mac address on website
* lan card needs updating
(June 2022) I can only turn off my Acer Predator by saying: "Alexa, turn off the computer" and when I said "Alexa, turn on my computer" it won't turn my computer on. I tried to follow your instructions to the letter, but the software in the Alexa App is different and my computer wont' let me access its BOIS.
Update: I had to take out the hardware I installed on my laptop and use the laptop alone to access its BOIS Settings. I enabled "Wake on LAN" and I can only turn the laptop off
Best thing is to use a free wake on lan app from your phone to check its setup correctly. Each PC has slightly different BIOS and lan card settings so best to Google your own setup as there's no way to troubleshoot each specific configuration.
Remember this doesn't work with WiFi cards, only wired lan, and not all motherboards will support so best to Google your card and board to see if there's specific settings for your hardware.
Some are pretty well buried or have slightly different names or descriptions, but most have the functionality.
Brilliant so far just carnt seem to tick only allow magic packet to wake the computer /power management
Had the same issue myself first time around and only seemed to let me after 2 updates of the driver for my network card. Try and see if there's any windows updates first then try updating the network card driver in the properties. Hope this helps
I used a Gosund mini smart plug as power on/off switch for my PC. All you have to do is press the power on switch on your phone app, but have to enable the power management on the bios setup.
Sounds good, but do you have issues with windows not shutting down properly when you turn off?
@@AndysTechLife No. It worked normally. I couldn’t power on/off with Alexa Echo for some reason, even though it was added to my device on Alexa app
Works on ASUS laptop 05.06.2022. Turned off "fast start" as recommended in comments.
Thankyou it worked for me
Amazing ! I really want it. Just buyed echo dot right now thanks to amazon prime day. I can't wait to setup it and turn my PC on with alexa commands
works really well nice one
Great Video! Will this still work if the (amazon echo) is far way from from the computer? For example if the amazon echo is in another room or if i use the app remotely will it power it on?
Doesn't matter as long as they're on the same network. The Echo sends the wake ping over the network so they can be anywhere in the house.
Thanks for the vid! I was able to get it to turn on and off my computer. but how do you control your monitor to turn on also? right now, I have dual monitors plugged into a smart plug, Alexa routine to turn them both on and off, but when turning on with the routine my screens stay black until I move my mouse. any ideas to fix that?
This might rely on the monitor settings tbh. Some monitors which support CEC have settings that will automatically turn on when they receive a HDMI signal so you might see if your monitor supports that.
october 31 2021!! thanks man!
This looks great , can i add it to a routine like "Alexa turn on office" and it brings on both pc's and the led strips and opens the blinds?
Yup, I've a routine which turns on the smart switch on my monitor, boots up the pc and turns on the lightstrip behind. :)
@@AndysTechLife wow thanks for the super fast reply, and great video!! like and sub ;)
So I wanna put this here for anyone in need of a bit of help getting this all set up, I was almost ready to join the handful of the comment section asking for help because it just wasn't working no matter what I did. Until I noticed something odd about my ethernet driver itself, it was last updated in 2015 and was all up to date which led me to realize it's nothing to do with my hardware and all to do with my software. I spent probably an hr and a half trying to trouble shoot and ended up fixing it by doing these 2 simple steps, starting with going into your bios clicking advanced and making sure you actually have WOL enabled. Many people still complain after this that they still don't see it which was my personal experience until I installed a recent version + update of my driver, now I can see the power management tab and all the stuff under devices that wasn't there prior to the reinstallation. (Note that you wanna make sure you uninstall the outdated driver before the reinstallation just make sure you download the correct version first or you won't have any internet.) Hope this helps someone in need!
Thanks so much for sharing your tips!
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Thank you so much :D
@@AndysTechLife Welcome :)
It's not working, everytime I ask to turn on my pc alexa says ok then nothing happens. And on the wake on lan app on my phone it just keeps saying PC woke even though it's off.
So check out some recent comments as there are some updates and bios options to try suggested by some people. Bare in mind this will only work on lan cards and if the wake on lan app doesn't work its most likely the local network or the PC setup.
A user called Neo Axelsson has some good suggestions in the comments...
Thanks! Very helpful! Works great after some BIOS tweaking. Dec 2020.
Good to hear. Thanks for the feedback!
Sorry where in the bios settings do I change it
Thanks for this video Andy! Quick question:
- Can this work over Wifi? Or does the PC have to be connected directly to the router via ethernet cable?
No afraid not. Since the WiFi card is off and doesn't remain connected to the network it can't listen to the wake command so only works on LAN
@@AndysTechLife Hi Andy, thanks for the quick reply. It works for me over Wi-Fi, I can shut down the PC and also turn it on. However, I can only wake it up if it's in Sleep or Hibernate. Cannot wake it up when fully shutdown. I checked the BIOS and windows for anything turning off the network card but with no avail.
1. The network cable should be connected ?
2. It will work if my Mac code is just 12 digits?
3. Normally now "my laptop" is shown on the device lists, but it's not responsive.
1. Yes will only work with network cable not via laptop.
2. MAC addresses are generally 12 digits with : between each pair of 2.
3. Don't understand that last one tbh. But this will work with any wired device as long as the bios and card support Wake On Lan
@@AndysTechLife It works for switching it off, but not ON... I've done the steps correctly
so I got it to work for turning my computer on from sleep mode, but it will not power on from off status and it also wont turn my pc off either and I did purchase the license. any ideas? thanks
Same Problem
I know the first time it didnt work for me I had to update the driver for my network card and then it worked. You might also check if theres a setting that allows the device to shut down the computer as I've seen this in some power settings and ensure this is enabled. Hope this helps. Seems like this isn't the most straightforward setup for some people.
@@AndysTechLife that didn't work for me
thanks for the info help alot!
Thank you for the video!! I can only get it to work when my PC is sleeping, not shut down (which is better than I had it before) which is a little frustrating... any thoughts?
Sounds like there's a setting that is telling the network card to fully switch off when you power the PC off. You might check power settings and see if there's an option to allow or prevent the PC from turning off the network card. Check out some of the other comments here too as there are a few things to try depending on your particular setup.
WOL on the eithernetwork card? Does your compute need to be connected to a hub through an ethernet cable? Or will this work when your PC is wifi? thanks
Only works via ethernet as the ethernet cable provides enough power to trigger the wake on lan command. Wifi will switch off when the PC is off so can't listen for the wake command.
1. should i logout from wolskill website after setting up the info ?
2.In your video wolskill is showing Amazon id and a License no but for me it is only Amazon ID...why?
3. " Now you can add the WOL skill on the Alexa app, sign in with the same details and it will detect this PC as a smart device that Alexa can now control." .......... this Alexa app is installed where in my pc or in my phone?
It doesn't matter if you logout from the website when you're done adding PCs, however if you watch fully, you need to sign up for a licence and WOLskill ID to use the windows app. Wake on lan you can do without a licence, but to use the PC app which performs the shutdown you need a licence. It's once off and unlimited.
Why would I NOT have that power mgmt tab on the adapter properties?
Might be the driver or if its not an integrated card it may not support power control. Best to Google your particular lan card.
It works, thank you
So glad it helps:)
hiya mate, class video thanks very much, however i have an issue being that under my network adapters i dont have a realtek pcie gbe family controller, only the WAN miniports, any suggestions on what to do? thanks.
So this will only work with wired Lan cards so if you can figure out the lan adaptor you have the setup should be very similar. Best to Google your own PC as you might find what to look for.
why hasnt amazon just released something with the same ability. just enter the mac address on the app and done.
Yeah would be great if they did. I'm hoping once the windows Alexa app gets better this is something they'll consider.
I have a problem, I have the option of wake on lan on my bios on. But when i give the command to alexa didn't work. Only works when the pc is suspected
The only things I can think if here is that the Bios may have a setting for sleep instead of switch off. Or the lan card could be turned off by windows when the PC powers off. Best to Google your own bios and lan card to see if there's a specific setting. Just FYI there are some cards and bios that just don't seem to support. :( hope you get it sorted.
I’d like to buy the premium version but they won’t accept my card 🤷♂️
That's really weird! Worth reaching out to the creator at: info@oscarpenelo.com
@@AndysTechLife had to get a virtual second card after some hassle, fraud prevention was screaming at wolskil
I try hitting the Realtek PCIe GbE Family Controller Properties you've mentioned at around 3:19, but it only shows me 6 little tabs. General, Advanced, Driver, Details, Events, and Resources. Does this mean my computer is not capable of running it?
I didn't have the power management option until I did a driver update and a windows update. give that a go and see if it changes anything.
Does this work if you’re using and Ethernet cable? My pc has bluetooth but no wireless Wi-Fi
Hey there, this only works with ethernet as WiFi switches off and disconnects from the network when powered off so can't listen for the wake command.
Worked perfectly thanks. My Alexa wont turn off my computer though. I´m only available to turn it on, why is that?
Bare in mind the off function needs the app and a licence on the PC. If the app is installed on your PC and the ID and licence says connected the only thing id suggest is checking if your firewall or security settings are blocking the WOL skill app.
@@AndysTechLife Thanks for the fast answer Andy. I totally forgot I had to buy the WOL license.
Hi Andy and everyone. Great Video I just can't bring my Alexa to turn on the computer. Does the computer need a WLAN connection? My PC has only a LAN connection. Can this be the problem? Otherwise I don't know where I fail. I followed every step.
Hi there, yes this only works with Lan not over WiFi. Most common issues are the driver for the network card needing updating, firewall blocking or wrong MAC address on the website. What's interesting is that the Alexa skill will pick up the device even if the MAC address is incorrect as it takes its queue from the website. Best thing to try is install a free Wake on LAN app for your phone and see if everything works doing that way. If not you know its the pc or network that is the issue. If it does work then you know its an issue with the WOL skill. Hope this helps.
What about Google assistant how would you do that?
Will look into it. Havent found a way yet. :)
Pretty sure there is a way but I'll let you know.
Found a way, but its really complicated and needs, IFTTT, your phone, and an android app, so im going to see if there's an easier way. If not ill do a video going through the steps anyway.
I think a video would be great! I don't seem to find any on Google assistance and could help lots of lazy People!
Just FYI, got around to doing a video about this (very briefly) th-cam.com/video/tK89BYhRy5o/w-d-xo.html
Can I make the turn off PC command to put the PC to sleep mode instead if I customize the PC's power button to (sleep) from the "Choose what the power buttons do" in the Control Panel?
So in the Windows companion app for WOL Skill there is an option to change from shutdown to sleep, but to be honest it never seems to work for me but you might have more luck
:(
Thank you I appreciate it!
Andy: Considering this process.......However in just perusing the early steps I noticed one of the steps when checking access was
"ONLY allow wake up with a magic packet" ??????? If I check this box; will I still be able to turn the PC on manually???
Yes the magic packet is only for the wake on lan method, its just a specific packet of information that it waits for, but everything manual will remain unaffected.
@6:40 what apps did you download??and you downloaded it on your PC or cellphone??thanks
So at this point in the video I'm not downloading a new app, I'm going into the Alexa app on the mobile phone and adding the Wake On Lan skill. There's no additional apps needed on your phone, but you do need to add the skill to Alexa for it to work. So all of this is done on the Alexa app. Later on, if you want to turn off the PC you'll need to install the PC app on the PC itself from www.wolskill.com/ and add the license key etc.
Thanks for the video! I was really excited to try all this with my new Echo. I followed every step and nothing worked... I have a hunch that my Ubiquiti Unify setup might complicate things as I have multiple MAC addresses for my setup... do you happen to know how to get this to work?
Not really familiar with the Ubiquiti Unify network setup tbh, but there should still be only 1 mac address for the lan card on you PC. The mac address is the hardware address so you need to find the one for your wired network card on the pc itself as this doesn't work via WiFi. Best thing is to get a free wake on lan app for your phone and use that to find and test the right mac address and check the setup is correct on your PC
@@AndysTechLife Yes, I found the 1 MAC address for my LAN card, but before that MAC address is my switch which has a different MAC address, and before THAT is a gateway which has ANOTHER MAC address. So the order goes Gateway MAC >> Switch MAC >> LAN MAC.. too much of a networking noob to try and get this =/
You shouldn't need any of those tbh. The wake on lan command will go straight to the mac address of the PC. As long as all the devices are on the same network the echo should see and be able to talk to the MAC of the PC. Don't over complicate it by worrying about other devices. Best option is to start by getting wake on lan working from the phone app and work from there.
@@AndysTechLife Thanks! I'll give it a shot and see if it works
I need help all it did was sag okay I tried the other mac addresses but it still doesnt work :
Best thing is to use a free wake on lan app from your phone to check its setup correctly. Each PC has slightly different BIOS and lan card settings so best to Google your own setup as there's no way to troubleshoot each specific configuration.
Remember this doesn't work with WiFi cards, only wired lan, and not all motherboards will support so best to Google your card and board to see if there's specific settings for your hardware.
Most common issues are:
* firewall blocking
* wrong mac address on website
* lan card needs updating
Super helpful! Thanks!! (December 2020)
Thanks for the feedback!
thanks you so much ❤️
Hi . I have done exactly as described in the video but it doesn't work . Alexa says okay when I tell her to turn on but nothing happens . Checked the bios and device manager as well . The device is showing on my Alexa app . Can you suggest what to do next .
Best thing is to use a free wake on lan app from your phone to check its setup correctly. Each PC has slightly different BIOS and lan card settings so best to Google your own setup as there's no way to troubleshoot each specific configuration.
Remember this doesn't work with WiFi cards, only wired lan, and not all motherboards will support so best to Google your card and board to see if there's specific settings for your hardware.
Most common issues are:
* firewall blocking
* wrong mac address on website
* lan card needs updating
It worked for me to turn on the PC after enabling an option in BIOS, but it only turn it on not off .. any suggestions? and thank you for the great tutorial and overall content!
So to turn off you'll need the Windows app installed and a licence as the off command sends a shutdown to this app rather than to the bios.
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Thanks! It works when i turn it on but when I say turn off it wouldn't. Any fix?
Generally either the windows app installed on your PC needs firewall access to listen for the turn off command, or the license and key from the Wolskill website are incorrect. these are the most common causes of the 'off' command not working.
@@AndysTechLife what would be the name in the firewall to be enabled?
Funnily enough I couldn't find it in the allowed list on my 'allow through firewall option' in windows, so this may not be an issue. I've added it manually by adding a new app through the firewall and adding wolskill.exe from the folder its sitting in. I'd suggest try reinstalling the windows app and ensuring that it says that your license key and ID are correct and it shows up as connected. If this is all correct you should be good to go.
For some reason this is not working for me, I did triple check everything, my MAC is right, I tried multiple names for the PC, the PC is showing in my devices in Alexa app, I did re do it couple of times in different orders, in the bios wake op on lan is enabled, it is the right lan card because it is the only one I have and I did quadruple check that my PC is using that card to connect to the internet, even in the bios the MAC was the same as the one on wolskill, account is showing as linked with green color and still when I tell alexa to start it with no matter what what "switch on my" or "turn on the" she says "OK" and nothing happens...
Best thing is to use a free wake on lan app from your phone to check its setup correctly. Each PC has slightly different BIOS and lan card settings so best to Google your own setup as there's no way to troubleshoot each specific configuration.
Remember this doesn't work with WiFi cards, only wired lan, and not all motherboards will support so best to Google your card and board to see if there's specific settings for your hardware.
Some are pretty well buried or have slightly different names or descriptions, but most have the functionality.
@@AndysTechLife Ok, your answer made me search again to maybe find why it didn't work and I found it and fixed it! The issue was that in the BIOS of ASUS mobos(B360 Asus ROG STRIX F-Gaming is mine) there is a setting "Power on PC by PCI-E" which have to be enabled, and now it works perfectly. Maybe you can communicate that some other users aswell, it is in the Advanced/APM Configuration/Power on PC by PCI-E - Enabled, thank you.
Set it up everything worked but one problem, my machine is waking up at 12 AM GMT that is 5:30 AM indian standard time. How do I get rid off this spurious wake up?
The only thing I can think of here is that there may be an auto power on setting in the bios or setting of the card which is triggering at that time. I'd check the bios first as some have the option to auto on at a selected time. The Alexa stuff shouldn't be doing this unless you've created some routine to do this at that time.
@@AndysTechLife Thanks for the reply, I haven't set up any routine for the wakeup. BIOS also I could find only one option that is to toggle WOL feature, there aren't any time based wake up settings.
Not sure what would be causing this then. Maybe try disabling the Alexa skill and see if it still triggers, if it does you know its the PC that's the issue so its setting somewhere, if not it may be a glitch with the skill.
@@AndysTechLife Actually I have switched off the echo device itself. Let me see. Also I have dual boot machine, wondering if there is a Windows update being attempted at 12AM GMT.
I did everything as you said, double checked the bios and the MAC address but my pc doesn't want to turn on.
Have a look through the rest of the comments here and see if there's anything else to try. Other than that all I can suggest is reaching out to the skill creator
@@AndysTechLife i can turn it on but i can't turn it off, why?
Can we do this setup, and then make Alexa turn on my pc from another country?
Yes as long as there's a physical Echo device on the same network as your PC.
@@AndysTechLife awesome 🤩. You got a new follower 😁.
Under advanced I don't see Wake on Lan or Magic Packet, though I did have the correct settings available in the power management section. Any idea what I need to do?
It might show up as something slightly different on some cards. Bare in mind this is lan cards only. One thing to try is updating the drivers for the lan card and if that doesn't work only advice is to Google you're specific network card to see if the option is available.
The wolskill doesn't work the wolskill app just says disconnected. I even bought the premium but I'm not getting any use out of it.
Best to check out the other comments on this video as there are multiple reasons. Hopefully you'll find a resolution in one of them. The skill saying disconnected is generally a firewall issue or wrong MAC address. Failing that your best bet is to contact the skill creator.
Just came across this tutorial, doesn't seem to be working for me. Does this require an Ethernet connection?
Yes only works on ethernet as WiFi doesn't remain connected when powered off.