WakeMeOnLan v1.80
Copyright (c) 2011 - 2017 Nir Sofer
Web site: http://www.nirsoft.net
Description
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This utility allows you to easily turn on one or more computers remotely
by sending Wake-on-LAN (WOL) packet to the remote computers.
When your computers are turned on, WakeMeOnLan allows you to scan your
network, and collect the MAC addresses of all your computers, and save
the computers list into a file. Later, when your computers are turned off
or in standby mode, you can use the stored computers list to easily
choose the computer you want to turn on, and then turn on all these
computers with a single click.
WakeMeOnLan also allows you to turn on a computer from command-line, by
specifying the computer name, IP address, or the MAC address of the
remote network card.
System Requirements And Limitations
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* On some Windows 10/8 systems, the Wake-Up feature doesn't work if the
'Send The Wake-on-LAN Packet To...' option is set to 'Broadcast Address
255.255.255.255'. If you have this problem, you should set this option
to 'Broadcast Address According to IP Address'.
* On the computer that you run WakeMeOnLan: WakeMeOnLan works on any
version of Windows, starting from Windows 2000 and up to Windows 10,
including x64 versions of Windows.
* On the remote computer: WakeMeOnLan can turn on the remote computer
only if this feature is supported and enabled on the remote computer.
Be aware that Wake-on-LAN feature only works on wired network. Wireless
networks are not supported.
In order to enable the Wake-on-LAN feature on the remote computer:
o On some computers, you may need to enable this feature on the
BIOS setup.
o In the network card properties, you should go to the 'Power
Management' and/or 'Advanced' tabs of the network adapter, and turn
on the Wake-on-LAN feature.
Versions History
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* Version 1.80
o When using the combination of /scan and one of the save
command-line option ( /scomma, /shtml , and so on....) the 'Status'
field is now updated according to scan result.
e.g: WakeMeOnLan.exe /scan /shtml c:\temp\status.html
o Fixed bug: On some systems, WakeMeOnLan failed to detect
correctly the active network adapter for scanning.
* Version 1.79
o Updated the internal MAC addresses database.
o Added 64-bit version.
* Version 1.78
o The connect name is now displayed in the network adapters list.
('Advanced Options' window)
* Version 1.77
o Updated the internal MAC addresses database.
* Version 1.76
o The default of 'Send The Wake-on-LAN Packet To...' option is now
'Broadcast Address According to IP Address' instead of 'Broadcast
Address 255.255.255.255'. This change is made because on some Windows
10/8 systems, the 'Broadcast Address 255.255.255.255' option doesn't
work.
* Version 1.75
o Added /wakeupmulti command-line option, which allows you to wake
up multiple computers, for example:
/wakeupmulti 192.168.0.25 192.168.0.31 192.168.0.35
* Version 1.73
o Added the 'Start Scanning - Only Selected IPs' option to the
right-click context menu.
o Updated the internal MAC addresses database.
* Version 1.72
o Added 'Start Scanning - Only Selected IPs' option.
* Version 1.71
o Updated the internal MAC addresses database.
* Version 1.70
o Added 'Send The Wake-on-LAN To...' option (Under the Options
menu): Broadcast Address 255.255.255.255 (The default), Broadcast
Address According to IP Address, or IP Address of the device.
o Fixed issue: On some systems, WakeMeOnLan added items with
00-00-00-00-00-00 as MAC address.
* Version 1.68
o Added 'Copy As Hosts File' option. (Ctrl+H)
* Version 1.67
o Added 'Scan Listed IPs On Start' option.
* Version 1.66
o Fixed bug: WakeMeOnLan failed to sort the computers list properly
on start.
o Added 'Index' column, which represents the order that the
computers were added.
* Version 1.65
o Added option to scan only the IP addresses listed in the main
window of WakeMeOnLan. ('Start Scanning - Only Listed IPs' - Ctrl+F5)
* Version 1.62
o You can now specify host name as the broadcast address.
* Version 1.61
o Added new option to 'Change Wake Up Settings of Selected Items'
window: 'Send multiple Wake-on-LAN packets'.
* Version 1.60
o Added 'Change Wake Up Settings of Selected Items' option, which
allows you to assign for every item the port number and the broadcast
address that will be used instead of the default port
number/broadcast address. You can select multiple items and then
change the port number and broadcast address for all selected items
at once.
* Version 1.55
o Added /cfg command-line option, which instructs WakeMeOnLan to
use a config file in another location instead if the default config
file, for example:
WakeMeOnLan.exe /cfg "%AppData%\WakeMeOnLan.cfg"
* Version 1.53
o Updated the internal MAC addresses database.
* Version 1.52
o Added 'Auto Size Columns+Headers' option.
o Added option to choose the font displayed on the main window of
WakeMeOnLan.
* Version 1.51
o When you choose to scan specific IP addresses range, WakeMeOnLan
now automatically skips the broadcast addresses, according to the IP
addresses/Subnet masks settings of every network adapter.
o The default button of the delete question-box is 'No', in order
to avoid from deleting by mistake.
* Version 1.50
o Added 'Use Broadcast Address According to IP Address' option.
When it's turn on, the broadcast address is calculated according to
the IP address. For Example, if the IP address is 192.168.0.10, then
192.168.0.255 will be used as broadcast address.
o Fixed bug: WakeMeOnLan failed to load the external MAC addresses
file (oui.txt) when every line has 2 leading space characters.
(Sometimes this file is provided with leading space characters, I
don't really know why...)
* Version 1.48
o Updated the internal MAC addresses database.
* Version 1.47
o Fixed issue: The properties dialog-box and other windows opened
in the wrong monitor, on multi-monitors system.
o Added 'Mark Odd/Even Rows' option, under the View menu. When it's
turned on, the odd and even rows are displayed in different color, to
make it easier to read a single line.
* Version 1.46
o Fixed /wakeup command-line option to accept MAC Address in
xxxxxxxxxxxx format, when the computer is not in the list.
* Version 1.45
o Added new command-line options: /UseIPAddressesRange ,
/IPAddressFrom , /IPAddressTo , and more...
* Version 1.41
o Added /wakeupiprange command-line option, which allows you to
wake up computers in the specified IP addresses range.
* Version 1.40
o Fixed bug: For some computers the workgroup name displayed
instead of the computer name, if the NetBIOS scan was turned on.
o Added Workgroup column (This column is filled only if the NetBIOS
scan is turned on)
* Version 1.37
o Fixed bug: WakeMeOnLan crashed on some systems when starting the
scanning and the 'Clear ARP Cache On Every Scan' option is turned on.
* Version 1.36
o Added 'Clear ARP Cache On Every Scan' option. This option is
useful for Windows 2000/XP, because if the ARP cache is not cleared,
a device might be displayed as connected even when it's not
connected, because the ARP information is taken from the cache of
Windows operating system. On Windows Vista/7, this option is
irrelevant, because the ARP scanning is not affected by the cache.
* Version 1.35
o Added 'Add New Computer' option (Ctrl+N), which allows you to
manually add new computer to the list.
o Added 'Edit Selected Computer' option