wakeonlan Command Examples

Send packets to wake-on-LAN (WOL) enabled PCs. More information: https://github.com/jpoliv/wakeonlan.

• Send packets to all devices on the local network (255.255.255.255) by specifying a MAC address:

wakeonlan {{01:02:03:04:05:06}}

• Send packet to a specific device via IP address:

wakeonlan {{01:02:03:04:05:06}} -i {{192.168.178.2}}

• Print the commands, but don't execute them (dry-run):

wakeonlan -n {{01:02:03:04:05:06}}

• Run in quiet mode:

wakeonlan -q {{01:02:03:04:05:06}}