Mount Samba share using fstab

To mount a Samba share when Linux system comes up after reboot edit the /etc/fstab file and put entry as follows for your Windows/Samba share:

//ntserver/share /mnt/samba smbfs username=username,password=password 0 0

For example, if you want to mount a share called //ntserver/docs then you need to write following entry in /etc/fstab file:

//192.168.0.1/share /mnt/samba smbfs username=sameed,password=passwd123 0 0

Wake on LAN: Quick Way to Power Up Computer Remotely

Wake on Lan (WOL) is the implementation to power up your computer remotely from other computer within your home network or over the Internet by using special packet, called magic packet. On this article, I will show you how to power up your computer (remote computer) in your home network by using WOL implementation.

Is there any requirement? You can only do this if that remote computer's motherboard and Ethernet network card support the WOL feature!

Let say in your home network, you have computer A and computer B that are connected to network by using network cables. You wish to power up the computer B remotely (we call it remote computer in this case) from computer A, then here is how you can make it done.