GramThanos / WakeOnLAN

A simple C program that sends a magic packet

WakeOnLAN

A simple C program that sends a magic packet

You can use this program to wake up a PC over the network. It sends the so called magic packet to the network card of the target PC, instructing it to open the PC. [Download]

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Usage

./WakeOnLAN <mac address>[ <broadcast address>][ <interface>]

The first parameter is the mac address of the target (usually your's network card's mac address). The second parameter is optional and defines the broadcast address to send the packet. The third parameter is optional and defines the source interface to send the packet from it (not for windows).

Example

./WakeOnLAN 00:11:22:33:44:55 192.168.1.255 eth0

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Pre-compiled Binaries

Platform	Links
Windows	x86
Linux	x64
Raspberry Pi	arm

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Compile from source

For Linux you can compile the source using GCC

gcc WakeOnLAN.c -o WakeOnLAN

For Windows you can compile the source using MinGW

gcc WakeOnLAN.c -o WakeOnLAN.exe -lwsock32

Makefile

GNU make can be used in order to compile the sources on Linux/Mac:

make

to clean everything:

make clean

CMake

CMake can also be used on Linux/Mac:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
cmake --build .

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Feedback

For any problem you may open an issue

Also, you can send me a mail

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License

This project is under The MIT license. I do although appreciate attribute.

Copyright (c) 2019 Grammatopoulos Athanasios-Vasileios

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