Wake On LAN Router

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WAKE-ON-LAN HOWTO with Linksys WRT54G Router

Many MythTV users would prefer to have the backend's shutdown when not recording. Attempting to use NVRAM Wakeup and ACPI may have failed. An easy alternative is to use Wake On Lan, in which another computer (or the router) sends a packet over ethernet to the Myth backend machine waking it up. The benefit is almost no extra packages or difficult configs to set up on the Myth box. Another bonus is that you can convert your Linksys router into something more familiar and configurable, a little Linux box.

This HOWTO covers setting up the MythBackend system, using MythWelcome, and a Linksys router or other that supports OpenWRT, to shutdown the Myth Backend when it is idle, and to wake it up again in time for the next recording. You can do something similar with any other 24/7 box you may have on your network.