Abstract: In general, in one aspect, the disclosure describes a network interface device (NID) that can be remotely instructed to power-up powered-down network devices by generating magic packets that instruct the powered-down network device to power-up and to broadcast the magic packets to the network devices connected thereto. Utilizing the NID to generate the magic packets means that the MAC ID is only broadcast within the network (more secure). The NID may configure the network devices that may be powered-on and any limitations thereto (e.g., user, remote device). The MAC IDs associated with the network devices may be stored in the NID so that the user need not know it. The NID may be remotely instructed to power-down powered-up network devices (generate and broadcast magic packets that instruct powered-up network devices to power-down) by a remote device having access to the NID.