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You can even use an ESP32 or similar since it just has to perform 1 tiny function.
Getting an WT32-ETH01 knockoff dev board for 15€ or PoE for 25€ and uses <300mW with the wireless modem off. You could even just use a WiFi module for 8€ if you don't want something wired.
https://registry.platformio.org/libraries/a7md0/WakeOnLan
There is already an wakeonlan library to generate a packet very easily.
You can even do it in pseudocode with ESPHome if you have HomeAssistant
https://community.home-assistant.io/t/solved-wake-on-lan-packet-from-esp32-to-ha-server-how-to-automate/617595
Then VPN in, send a signal to the esp using one of various methods to tell it to send the packet.
this sounds like it requires another computer already turned on
Sure, but you can't access your home network anyway if your router is turned off...
I have yet to encounter a router made in the last decade that couldn't. Asus routers, even my 15 year old tplink archer A7 could, ubiquiti always can, openwrt, pretty sure at work we did testing with a dlink router and it also had that option.
Pretty much if you don't use a Linksys 100Mbps router from 2005, you can at least do openvpn if not wireguard.
of course but most routers won't do anything like this. and by router I mean the all in one devices people have, not enterprise gear.
with factory firmware?
Yep, openvpn with factory firmware. It even had a (limited) choice DDNS services for self hosting, on a cheap consumer router. I could never figure out if NAT hairpinning worked though.
Almost all routers have an "advanced" section where you get a lot if these nice options.
I have only bought a ubiquiti device in the last few years though, so I guess it is possible that routers have been enshittified like a lot of tech products with features locked behind a paywall.
Depends on your hardware. My routers can serve as a Wireguard serveur, so no need for a computer for that part
the only router firmware I have seen be able to do that is openwrt, and maybe mikrotik's. none of these are common though, but if you can do this then yes this is a pretty efficient solution