- REMOTE WAKE UP ON LAN HOW TO
- REMOTE WAKE UP ON LAN INSTALL
- REMOTE WAKE UP ON LAN SOFTWARE
- REMOTE WAKE UP ON LAN PC
I have evaluated other Wake-on-Lan gadgets, including a few scripts, but they either don’t work at all, or else they wake the remote computer once but not again.
REMOTE WAKE UP ON LAN PC
It’s a sign of a good freeware program that it uninstalls easily and completely.įor additional information to wake up a PC remotely, the Help menu is above average. Should you need to uninstall, then go to the Control Panel, Programs, scroll down to ‘S’ for SolarWinds Wake-on-Lan. Should you need to re-find the application later look on the start menu, or if all else fails navigate to:Ĭ:\Program Files (x86)\SolarWinds\Free Tools\Installs
REMOTE WAKE UP ON LAN INSTALL
msi file, clicked on the licence agreement, and then let the install wizard complete the setup.Īfter the install completes, the WOL gadget launches, and you are ready to begin waking up computers remotely. I found the hardest part of the install was remembering where I downloaded the zip file! It was all downhill the rest of the way.
REMOTE WAKE UP ON LAN HOW TO
How to Install SolarWinds Wake-on-Lan Tool
REMOTE WAKE UP ON LAN SOFTWARE
The best way to review this WOL software is to watch this YouTube clip.įree Download of SolarWinds Wake-On-LAN Gadget
You want to wake up a PC remotely so that it can receive an update. You work in a small office, the machine where the printer is attached is asleep. You forgot a spreadsheet on your desktop machine when you went to a meeting in the boardroom. I chose Ctrl +Shift +w because I think of ‘W for WOL’, incidentally I can execute the combination with just one hand! Useful Scenarios for Wake-On-LAN My point is that you cannot assign Ctrl +Shift +W to an item pinned to the Windows start menu or the taskbar, but you can right-click any shortcut and assign Shortcut Key. For this reason I create a desktop short because that way I can launch any application with a keystroke combination. See screen shots.įor gadget’s such as a WOL magic packet sender the ability to launch the application quickly means the difference from using it regularly, and consigning it to that folder of abandoned projects. Once you have primed the gadget with the NIC information just press the Wake Up PC button. Naturally, if the machine is asleep you will have to go around and run ipconfig /all on that machine. Where ‘victim’ is the name of the machine you ant to awaken. What I did was issue the old NBTSTAT -a victim command. The crucial step is to populate the ‘MAC Address of PC’ and ‘IP Address of PC’. Install SolarWinds’ Wake-On-LAN freeware on the machine from where you want to ‘bully’ the remote machine into resuming action from its sleep. Next seek the Advanced tab and scroll to the bottom to check that ‘Wake on Magic Packet’ is set to ‘Enabled’. What I suggest you do is right-click the NIC, properties, then find the Configure button. Wake-on-Lan is a free utility to keep a network connection open, thus on the computer you want to ‘prod’, you need to check the network adapter settings. When a device is shut down, its network interface card is still receiving power and keeps listening on the network for a magic packet to arrive – enabling Wake-On-LAN to work its miracle!Ĭonfiguring SolarWinds Wake-On-LAN Widget Most modern network adapter can alert the computer to power-up once they receive a "Magic Packet".Īs long as ‘Wake-Up-On-LAN’ is enabled in the BIOS then the system will also resume just as if you pressed the power button. When you press the ‘Wake Up’ button on the gadget it sends a "Magic Packet" to the IP and MAC address of the remote machine you want to resume, just as if you were sitting there wiggling the mouse. How the SolarWinds Wake-On-LAN Gadget Works 
Configuring SolarWinds Wake-On-LAN Widget. How the SolarWinds Wake-On-LAN Gadget Works. 
Evaluation of SolarWinds Wake-up-on-Lan Utility
Try it now! Wake-On-LAN is a free download. Wake-up on LAN is a free gadget that really will save you that long walk to arouse a hibernating machine, but my reason for encouraging you to download this software utility is because it’s so much fun to use. Encouraging computers to sleep when you are away from your desk is a great idea – until you need a file on that remote sleeping machine!
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