Wake On LAN Ex

Wake On LAN Ex was designed to be used with computers that contain network cards that turn on when a Wake On LAN Ex is a small program designed to be used with computers that contain network cards which are set to turn on when a "magic packet" is received.

Running Wake On LAN Ex, entering the required details, and hitting Send will cause the WOL-enabled computer to turn itself on and boot as normal.

Depending on its WOL abilities, the destination computer can be sleeping, hibernating, or entirely off and still be able to react to a Wake-On-LAN event. Since v0.95, it is now possible to Log-Off, Restart, and Shutdown remote PCs.

This application does not require any runtimes at all to function.

Usage

Run the program and enter a network mask into the first textbox (255.255.255.255 is the default) and the MAC ID of the computer you would like to wake-up into the second textbox. The ID can be obtained by the following means (do this on the computer that you would like to wake-up, NOT on the computer that is sending the WOL signal!) ...

A) Windows NT. Open a command prompt and type IPCONFIG /ALL followed by Return. The value listed after Physical Address is the MAC ID.

B) Windows 95/98/NT4. Type WINIPCFG and locate the 12-character string.

To be able to Log-Off, Restart, and Shutdown other computers running Windows, you will need to have a user account on those computers and be logged in (logging in by checking a shared folder generally works). You will also need to be using an NT version of Windows.