PSP WOL (Wake-on-LAN)
Homebrew coder EvilDooinz has just come up with an interesting application guys here may want to hear about, all the more if they own a Personal Computer (PC). The app is named PSP WOL, which is basically a Wake-on-LAN (WOL) application that allows your PSP to wake up a hibernating (networked) PC.
Going into further details, WOL is a PC option that allows the computer to be booted normally via remote link. This option is normally activated via the “Wake-on-LAN” setting on your PC’s BIOS, although additional tweaking will be required in the Windows browser.
WOL works by reserving power for your PC’s network card even after your computer is shut down. At this point, the network card is configured to receive a “Magic Packet” – a data bundle if you will – that’s been broadcast for that PC’s IP, which will then prompt the PC to boot up by remote. Imagine brainwashing somebody to wake up by a simple key word, and you get the idea. As a limitation, though, this PSP version is limited to waking PCs on hibernation or standby mode – it won’t work on fully powered down units.
If combined with other PSP-PC remote access homebrew applications like Foobar2000 Remote Interface, PSPFTPD, or PSP WiFile Transfer , you can just imagine the potential flexibility PSP WOL grants PSP and PC owners. Installation instructions and IP setup for computers running on Windows XP await in the file README, which should be available in the download link just below you. EvilDooinz has also provided PSP WOL’s source code – fellow coders may want to read this over to see how the application was made. Enjoy!
Download: PSP WOL
Download: PSP WOL source code
Homebrew coder EvilDooinz has just come up with an interesting application guys here may want to hear about, all the more if they own a Personal Computer (PC). The app is named PSP WOL, which is basically a Wake-on-LAN (WOL) application that allows your PSP to wake up a hibernating (networked) PC.
Going into further details, WOL is a PC option that allows the computer to be booted normally via remote link. This option is normally activated via the “Wake-on-LAN” setting on your PC’s BIOS, although additional tweaking will be required in the Windows browser.
WOL works by reserving power for your PC’s network card even after your computer is shut down. At this point, the network card is configured to receive a “Magic Packet” – a data bundle if you will – that’s been broadcast for that PC’s IP, which will then prompt the PC to boot up by remote. Imagine brainwashing somebody to wake up by a simple key word, and you get the idea. As a limitation, though, this PSP version is limited to waking PCs on hibernation or standby mode – it won’t work on fully powered down units.
If combined with other PSP-PC remote access homebrew applications like Foobar2000 Remote Interface, PSPFTPD, or PSP WiFile Transfer , you can just imagine the potential flexibility PSP WOL grants PSP and PC owners. Installation instructions and IP setup for computers running on Windows XP await in the file README, which should be available in the download link just below you. EvilDooinz has also provided PSP WOL’s source code – fellow coders may want to read this over to see how the application was made. Enjoy!
Download: PSP WOL
Download: PSP WOL source code
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