WOL - Target MAC Addresses

[aplrich]

Is it possible for the WOL function send a magic packet to all known mac addresses a device has?


We've created a page that essentially calls the WOL url for a selected device to wake it up.

Our staff use WOL when working from home, the end devices don't always have WOL over wireless functionality however, sometimes staff will connect using wireless when in the office, but attach a cable when leaving so they can use WOL. The problem with this is, Lansweeper has only recorded the last connected adapter and therefore when calling the WOL action, it uses the mac of this.

Any suggestions as to how we can get around this?

[Filip_V · Accepted solution]

Lansweeper will send a WOL packet to each MAC address.

[aplrich]

Thanks

What if there are multiple last known connected adapters? For example, what if my laptop is connected to both wifi and LAN and both of these show in Lansweeper as connected adapters.

Which adapter does the WOL command use?

[Daniel_B]

WOL will always use the last known Mac address of a computer. You could instruct your users to execute LsClient or LsPush on their computers before going home. Give the name of your Lansweeper server as parameter to LsPush.exe or LsClient.exe. This will cause a new scan of the computer after it was connected to the cable and therefore an update of the MAC address on the asset page of the computer.