Send Wake-On-LAN packet event

The Send Wake-On-LAN packet event can power up a remote host by using the Wake-On-LAN protocol. To be able to use this event, the remote host must support the Wake-On-LAN feature.

NOTE   See the Schedules tab topic for an introduction to scheduling events.

Event settings

  • Mac address - Specify the Mac address of the network card on the remote host that should receive the Wake-On-LAN request. The format of the MAC address is AA-BB-CC-DD-EE-FF.
  • Interval - The time to wait, in seconds, between sending each packet. If the packet count is set to 5 and the interval to 5, 5 packets are sent during a 25 second period.
  • Packet count - How many times the packet should be sent. Set this value to higher then 1 to be sure that the host receives it.