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You can send the magic packet from anywhere on the internet.

In my own particular setup, this site (dimmeria.com) runs on a webserver which runs 24x7. I can ssh into my server and send a magic packet over the local network to wake up the file server.

If you don't have a computer running 24x7 on your local network you can configure your router to port forward all UDP 9 (the default WOL port on most controllers) to your IP address, or to the broadcast address (255.255.255.255). 

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