In order to connect to LM Studio from your LAN, and use programs like Chatbox with it, you need to start its server mode, and enable CORS: https://lmstudio.ai/docs/api However, currently there is no simple way to start LM Studio on PC startup, without logging in as a user. You can if you auto-login by following these steps: https://lmstudio.ai/docs/api/headless However, I want to start the PC remotely (via Wake-on-LAN), and be able to connect to LM Studio, select the desired model and use it, without logging into the PC. Here's what we can do: 1. Download NSSM: https://nssm.cc/ and copy it to "C:\Program Files\nssm" for convenience. 2. Identify the location of lms.exe . In my case it's in " %UserProfile%\.cache\lm-studio\bin ". Replace " %UserProfile% " with the real path for your system (e.g. " C:\Users\MyUser "). 3. Navigate to " %UserProfile%\.cache\lm-studio\bin " and create the following file named lms-startup.bat . ...