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Magnova AirLink — Wake-on-LAN From Anywhere in the World

Magnova AirLink — Wake-on-LAN From Anywhere in the World

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Your PC. Awake. From anywhere.

Wake any computer on your network from your phone. Free on your own Wi-Fi with nothing but the app. From the other side of the world with an AirLink USB plugged in at home.

No port forwarding. No VPN. No router settings. No static IP.

Start free. Buy hardware only if you need it.

The Magnova AirLink app does Wake-on-LAN on your own network for free, with no hardware at all. Download it, add your computer's MAC address, and wake it from the couch.

That's worth doing before you buy anything, because it proves the fussiest part of the whole thing works on your actual machine. If the app wakes your PC from across the room, the AirLink USB will wake it from across the planet.

[Download for iOS] [Download for Android] — free, no account, no subscription.

The AirLink USB is what extends that reach beyond your own network.

How it works

1. Plug it in anywhere with power

AirLink needs a powered USB port and your Wi-Fi, nothing else. A monitor, a TV, a router, a spare wall charger — any of them work. From there, a single AirLink wakes every machine on your network by Wake-on-LAN.

Put it in the computer you want to wake and you unlock a second trick as well: it can press a key on that machine directly, for the ones where Wake-on-LAN won't play along.

2. Connect it to Wi-Fi

Open the app, pair over Bluetooth, and hand AirLink your Wi-Fi details. About a minute, and nothing to type on a computer.

3. Tap to wake

AirLink keeps a quiet outbound connection to the Magnova cloud. Tap Wake and the command travels to the dongle, which sends a magic packet, a keypress, a mouse nudge, or all three.

Because AirLink lives inside your network, it reaches devices the internet can't. That's what makes remote Wake-on-LAN work without touching your router.

Two ways to wake

Wake-on-LAN is powerful but fussy. BIOS settings, adapter power management, an option buried three levels deep in a firmware menu. AirLink sidesteps all of it, because it can also wake your computer the way you would: by pressing a key.

Wake-on-LAN — the magic packet

AirLink broadcasts a standard magic packet across your local network. It works from any powered port on the premises, covers as many machines as you like, and it's the only method that can bring up a computer that's completely powered off or hibernated. It needs Wake-on-LAN enabled on the target machine.

Keyboard and mouse — the nudge

Plugged into the computer you want to wake, AirLink presents itself as an ordinary USB keyboard and mouse. Tap Wake and it presses a key or nudges the pointer, exactly what you'd do at the desk. No Wake-on-LAN, no adapter settings, no firmware menus to hunt through.

This resumes a sleeping computer. It can't switch on a machine that's fully shut down, because a powered-off PC isn't listening to its USB ports.

One caveat worth knowing up front: most desktops keep USB ports live in sleep, which is exactly why a keyboard can wake them. A few cut power, or keep only certain ports live. If yours is one of those, it's a single standby-power setting to change, and the app tells you which situation you're in.

All of them — the default we'd pick

Leave AirLink in the target computer, choose All, and one tap sends the magic packet, then the keypress, then the mouse nudge. If any one lands, your machine wakes. The app reports which signals actually went out.

Wake-on-LAN

Keyboard / mouse

Wakes a sleeping PC

Yes

Yes

Wakes a fully-off PC

Yes

No

Needs Wake-on-LAN set up

Yes

No

Where AirLink plugs in

Any powered port on the network

The computer being woken

Machines covered per dongle

Every machine on the network

The one it's plugged into

Works even when Wake-on-LAN doesn't. Disabled in firmware? Laptop that drops off the network the moment it sleeps? Adapter with no "Wake on Magic Packet" option? AirLink presses a key instead.

One dongle, your whole network. A single AirLink covers every machine on its network over Wake-on-LAN. Desktop, media PC, NAS, home server, lab box. Register as many as you like, wake each one individually, no per-device charge.

Zero network configuration. No port forwarding, no dynamic DNS, no firewall rules, no router that fights you. AirLink makes its own outbound connection, so nothing on your network is exposed to the internet.

Nothing to run, nothing to maintain. No fan, no screen, no drivers. Firmware updates arrive over the air. Plug it in and forget it's there.

Free to own and free to run. One purchase. No subscription, no monthly fee, no features held back for a premium tier.

Where it earns its keep

Remote work. Remote-access tools can only connect to a machine that's already running, so a sleeping PC is invisible to them. Wake it first, then connect with RDP, VNC, SSH or whatever you already use. This is the piece every remote-access setup is missing.

Machines that refuse Wake-on-LAN. Laptops, mini PCs and locked-down business desktops where the option is missing or ignored. Plug AirLink in and wake them with a keystroke.

Home labs and servers. Keep a NAS, media server or lab box asleep until the moment it's needed.

Power savings. Stop leaving machines running around the clock just in case.

Gaming. Get your rig booted and updates downloading while you're still on the way home.

Family tech support. Wake a relative's computer the moment they call, without talking them through the power button.

Field and lab equipment. Bring deployed machines online without sending anyone on-site.

Specifications


Connector

USB-A 

Wireless

802.11 b/g/n, 2.4 GHz 

Bluetooth

Used for setup

USB device class

HID keyboard + mouse (no drivers required)

Idle power draw

[x] mA at 5 V

Dimensions

24 × 10 × 73 mm

Weight

23 g

Enclosure

PLA

Firmware updates

Over the air

Warranty

24 months

In the box

AirLink USB, quick-start card

Designed in Australia. Assembled in Australia.

What you'll need

  • For a free local wake: the app, your phone on the same network as the computer, and Wake-on-LAN enabled on that machine. Wired Ethernet is the most reliable path. The app walks you through turning it on.
  • For a wake from anywhere: an AirLink USB, plugged into any powered port on that computer's network, joined to a 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi band.
  • For the keyboard wake: AirLink plugged into the computer you're waking, with that machine set to sleep rather than shut down.
  • For setup: Bluetooth on your phone.

For the most reliable arrangement, do both: put AirLink in the target computer, turn Wake-on-LAN on, and select All.

Privacy and security

Waking a computer is the entire job. There's no remote-control feature, no screen access, no file access.

Nothing on your network is exposed to the internet. Port forwarding opens an inbound hole in your firewall. AirLink doesn't: the dongle makes its own outbound connection, so there's nothing to forward and nothing listening.

As a keyboard, it sends one input. When AirLink acts as a USB keyboard it sends the single wake input you asked for and nothing else. It can't type anything else and it can't read what you type.

A wake carries a MAC address. That's it. No traffic interception, no telemetry about what's on your network.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need the USB to use the app?

No. On your own network the app is complete and free: add a computer's MAC address and tap Wake. The AirLink USB is only for waking from outside that network, when your phone is on mobile data or a different Wi-Fi.

For Wake-on-LAN, no. AirLink only needs power, so any powered USB port on the premises works: a monitor, a TV, a router, a wall charger, or a completely different computer. One dongle covers every machine on the network.

For the keyboard and mouse wake, yes, because that's how a keyboard wakes a computer.

Plugging it into the target machine gives you both at once, which is why we suggest it. It isn't required.

Why wouldn't I just use a Raspberry Pi?

Two things it can't do. It can't be a keyboard, so it can't wake a machine whose Wake-on-LAN is broken, missing or disabled by IT. And it can't be set up in a minute by someone who doesn't want to learn systemd. If neither matters to you, use the Pi. We'd rather you had something that works.

Only by Wake-on-LAN. The keyboard wake resumes a sleeping computer, but can't power one on from a cold start, because a switched-off PC isn't enumerating its USB ports.

In practice this rarely matters: sleeping a machine and waking it is usually what you want anyway, since your session and open documents are still there.

On most desktops, yes. USB ports typically keep supplying standby power in sleep, which is exactly why a keyboard can wake the machine.

Some machines cut USB power in sleep, or keep only certain ports live — usually marked, or controlled by a BIOS setting named something like "USB power in S3", "ErP Ready" or "charging port". If AirLink shows offline once your computer sleeps, try a different port or change that setting. Or power it from a wall charger and use Wake-on-LAN instead.

Do I need port forwarding, a VPN, or a static IP?

No. AirLink makes its own outbound connection to our servers, so nothing on your network is exposed to the internet and there's nothing to configure on your router.

Nothing on your network is exposed. Unlike port forwarding, which opens an inbound hole in your firewall, AirLink only ever connects outward and only ever sends wake signals locally. It doesn't intercept your traffic and has no access to your files.

As a keyboard it sends the single wake input you requested. It can't type anything else and it can't read what you type. 

Ethernet is the reliable path for Wake-on-LAN. Wi-Fi depends on the adapter supporting WoWLAN, which many drop once the machine is fully powered off, so a Wi-Fi-only target may wake from sleep but not from shutdown.

A sleeping Wi-Fi-only machine doesn't need Wake-on-LAN at all, though: plug AirLink into it and wake it with a keypress, which doesn't involve the network adapter. The dongle itself always connects over Wi-Fi.

It connects to 2.4 GHz networks. Most routers broadcast both bands, so this usually isn't an issue, but if yours runs 5 GHz only, enable 2.4 GHz before setup.

How do I know whether my computer supports Wake-on-LAN?

Nearly all desktops and most laptops from the last decade do, though it's usually off by default. You enable it in two places: BIOS/UEFI, and the power management properties of your network adapter. The app includes a walkthrough.

The quickest way to find out is to download the free app and try a local wake. If it works, you're set.

All of them. Wake-on-LAN happens in the network adapter and motherboard firmware, below the operating system, and the keyboard wake uses USB support that's equally universal. Windows, macOS, Linux, NAS boxes, home servers.

One difference: when AirLink scans your network to find machines, Windows PCs report their names automatically, while macOS and Linux hosts usually show as an IP address and hardware vendor, so you may need to identify those yourself.

No. Wake-on-LAN needs no software at all, and the keyboard wake uses the USB keyboard support your operating system already has.

Over Wake-on-LAN, yes: a single dongle covers every machine on its network, and you can register as many as you like. The keyboard wake applies to the computer it's plugged into, so a fleet where Wake-on-LAN is awkward wants one per machine.

There's no cap on registered computers or dongles, and no per-device charge.

Is there a subscription?

No. The app is free on iOS and Android, the cloud service that carries your wake commands is free, and everything is unlocked from the start: remote wake, every wake method, status and history, over-the-air firmware updates. The only cost is the dongle, once.

Yes, and it's one of the most common uses. Remote-access tools can only reach a machine that's already running, so a sleeping PC is invisible to them. Wake it first, then connect with whatever you use.

A smart plug can only cut and restore power. That means a cold boot, so you lose your session, your open documents and anything unsaved, and it needs the PC configured to start on power restoration. It also can't resume a sleeping machine at all, which is the thing you usually want.

AirLink sends a proper wake signal, so the computer comes back exactly as you left it.

How long does setup take?

About a minute. Plug it in, pair over Bluetooth in the app, hand it your Wi-Fi details. No router settings to change.

No. Updates arrive over the air through the app.

Where can I get the app?

[App Store link] and [Google Play link]. Free on both, and it does local Wake-on-LAN with no hardware at all.

What's the warranty and return policy?

24 months warranty. Pre-orders can be cancelled for a full refund any time before dispatch. Full terms on our warranty and returns pages.

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