wakeonlan – Perl Wake-on-LAN utility

wakeonlan is a command-line utility that sends Wake-on-LAN magic packets to network interfaces so that compatible computers can be powered on remotely.

The utility sends the packet over UDP and does not expect any response from the target. By default it uses the limited broadcast address, although another destination address can be specified when a subnet broadcast or another network arrangement is required.

wakeonlan can handle individual systems or several machines in one operation. Its simple command-line interface also makes it suitable for shell scripts and other automated administration tasks.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

• Send magic packets to one or more MAC addresses in a single invocation.
• Uses the limited broadcast address by default.
• Specify another destination IPv4 address or subnet broadcast address.
• Choose a custom UDP destination port.
• Read MAC addresses, IP addresses and ports from a file.
• Accepts several MAC address formats, including colon-separated, hyphen-separated and unseparated forms.
• Validates hardware addresses, IP addresses and port numbers before use.
• Provides a quiet mode for scripts where normal output is not required.
• Provides a dry-run mode that shows what would be sent without transmitting packets.
• Can introduce a configurable delay between packets, including fractional delays.
• Reports statistics for processed, valid and invalid hardware addresses.
• Uses only standard Perl networking facilities and remains suitable for lightweight command-line environments.

Website: github.com/jpoliv/wakeonlan
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Developer: José Pedro Oliveira
License: Artistic License 2.0

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