FAQ

<h2>What is Wake-On-<span class="caps">LAN</span>?</h2> <blockquote> <p>Wake-on-<span class="caps">LAN</span> is an Ethernet computer networking standard that allows a computer to be turned on or woken up by a network message. The message is usually sent by a simple program executed on another computer on the local area network. Wake-on-<span class="caps">LAN</span> is also known as Wake on <span class="caps">LAN</span>, <span class="caps">WOL</span>, or sometimes WoL.</p> </blockquote> <p>Read more on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake-on-lan">Wikipedia</a></p> <h2>What is Wakify?</h2> <p>Wakify is designed to make it easier to wake your computers from a distance. In order to wake a computer you need the <span class="caps">MAC</span> address for that computer, and of course an IP address or hostname.</p> <p>Personally, I thought it would be easier to be able to store those details in a web service.</p> <h2>Why?</h2> <p>Frankly the biggest reason to create this site was so that I could learn more about Ruby on Rails. This was just the first project that came to mind.</p> <h2>Why Ruby on Rails?</h2> <p>Mostly because I think it&#8217;s pretty awesome. To learn more about Ruby on Rails, go to <a href="http://rubyonrails.org">rubyonrails.org</a>.</p> <h2>Why &#8220;Wakify&#8221;?</h2> <p>Well, I tried a bunch of different domain names, and this was one that was available.</p> <h2>Is Wakify open source?</h2> <p>Yes! As of today the full source code for Wakify is available on <a href="http://codaset.com/k33l0r/wakify/">Codaset</a>.</p> <p>As a courtesy, I only ask that you don&#8217;t use the Wakify design (logo, style, etc) if you set up your own publicly available version.</p> <h2>I found a bug, what should I do?</h2> <p>Well, you should submit a ticket on <a href="http://codaset.com/k33l0r/wakify/tickets/">Codaset</a>, or send me a message through the <a href="/contact">contact</a> page.</p>