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I consulted many sources but one of the most helpful was the following TechNet article directed at Windows 7 and equally applicable to Windows 8: Power Management for Network Devices in Windows 7 The steps I provided in my original post should allow you to wake the PC with a magic packet. If...

Solved this myself... I resolved this issue myself. Following is a summary of what I did: 1. From the command prompt enter netsh interface ipv4 show interfaces . This will list all available network interfaces. Note the index (labeled Idx ) of the target network adapter. Now enter netsh...

With Windows XP Pro, I could waken the computer by initiating a Remote Desktop Connection to it. After installing Windows 8 Pro on same hardware, Remote Desktop works fine when the computer is awake but is unable to wake the computer from a sleep state. I have tried all combinations of Power...