[peterwwillis]

So basically OpenWRT + "wol" package + google app engine. Write a google app engine script that takes a 'wake up machine' html form, write a bash script on OpenWRT that queries the script regularly, and run the "wol" client when you get a response. Seems useful.

[jeffijoe]

I was experimenting with new technologies for this project - yes, to get the core functionality sure this would work. In this case, I wanted to make something more... complete. The communication with the device uses websockets, not polling.