Well, provided you can gain access to another machine on the network, the steps below will show you how to get around this. This is a first draft, so any comments, additions or questions are openly welcome and encouraged.
1. Download some WOL software. If you don't have admin rights and you can't install it, you need to find one that's an exe that runs without installation. A great one can be found here.
2. Open a command prompt (Click Start, Run and type 'cmd' and press enter)
3. Type
nslookup
and press enter
4. Type
computername.domain.local
where computername.domain.local is your computer name, and press enter. If you don't have the fully qualified name of the computer (e.g. the domain.local bit), you can try it without this; it should still work.
5. This will give you your computer's IP address. Write this down.
6. Type
exit
and press enter. This will take you out of nslookup and back to the command prompt.
7. Type
arp -a xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP address you wrote down in step 5.
8. This will display a one line table of information. Write down the 12 digit entry under Physical Address.
9. Keep your command prompt open; you will use this later.
10. Run your WOL software. It will ask you for the IP address and physical (MAC or Ethernet) address. Enter these using the information you wrote down in steps 6 and 8, and click 'Go' or whatever the option is to send the WOL request.
11. Go back to the command prompt. Type
ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -t
where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP address of your computer, and press enter.
12. Keep an eye on this for 5 minutes or so. If over that period the output changes from
Request timed out
to
Reply from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx...
then your WOL attempt was succesful and you have turned on your PC. If however after this time the output still says Request timed out, then your attempt to turn on your PC has not been succesful. If you want to continue watching it for a while, then you can do, but at this stage it's safe to assume the attempt has failed.
13. Press 'ctrl-c' to end the ping. Type
exit
and press enter to close the command prompt.
