wakeonlan 3.1.0

As a python module

Import the module

>>> from wakeonlan import send_magic_packet

Wake up a single computer by its mac address

>>> send_magic_packet('ff.ff.ff.ff.ff.ff')

Wake up multiple computers by their mac addresses.

>>> send_magic_packet('ff.ff.ff.ff.ff.ff',
...                   '00-00-00-00-00-00',
...                   'FFFFFFFFFFFF')

An external host may be specified. Do note that port forwarding on that host is required. The default ip address is 255.255.255.255 and the default port is 9.

>>> send_magic_packet('ff.ff.ff.ff.ff.ff',
...                   ip_address='example.com',
...                   port=1337)

A network adapter may be specified. The magic packet will be routed through this interface.

>>> send_magic_packet('ff.ff.ff.ff.ff.ff',
...                   interface='192.168.0.2')

As a standalone script

usage: wakeonlan [-h] [-i ip] [-p port] [-n interface] mac address [mac address ...]

Wake one or more computers using the wake on lan protocol.

positional arguments:
  mac address  The mac addresses of the computers you are trying to wake.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help   show this help message and exit
  -i ip        The ip address of the host to send the magic packet to. (default 255.255.255.255)
  -p port      The port of the host to send the magic packet to. (default 9)
  -n interface The ip address of the network adapter to route the magic packet through. (optional)