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Part 3: Using the Ipod.

If you’ve managed to get this far without any problems well done and the good news is that this is the last part and should also be the simplest.

The whole point of these posts is to be able to shut down Windows using an IPhone or Ipod Touch so to do that you’re going to need to install some telnet software on your Ipod. This is easy enough, just go to the Itunes store and search for telnet. I’ve been using the app that’s simply called telnet and priced at £1.19 but I notice that there is a free telnet app on there as well.

Download your choice of app and then install it on to your Ipod, at this point I’ll assume that your Ipod is already net connected so just fire up the telnet app and use the IP address and commands that you learnt in part 2. All being well you should now be able to shutdown your PC with your Ipod, if you can’t log in now but you could from your PC then it’s likely that you forgot to turn off UAC in part 1.

Please note you will only be able to log in to your PC from inside your local network and whilst it is possible to gain access from anywhere in the world with a net connection that will require additional setting up which I probably wont be covering in the near future. If you need to do this I suggest you learn about external IP address’s and port forwarding.

If you have any problems using these instructions please leave a comment and I’ll try to help.

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