I would like to start multiple computers at once, What software do I use?

Posted by Matt 'Trouble' Esse on Server Fault See other posts from Server Fault or by Matt 'Trouble' Esse
Published on 2010-02-28T08:59:43Z Indexed on 2010/04/21 10:13 UTC
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I have turned on Wake On Lan on all of the BIOSes in the PCs and I have a simple batch file that runs a free command wolcmd.exe Wake on Lan Command Line

The syntax is as follows:

wolcmd [mac address] [ip address] [subnet mask] [port number]

The batch file looks a little like this....

wolcmd 009027a324fe 195.188.159.20 255.255.255.0 8900

wolcmd 009024a731da 212.86.64.31 255.255.255.0 8900

It's OK but It's not very user friendly (I need to set this up for other people to use and administer)

Can you suggest a Windows (XP/Vixta/7) Alternative with a GUI?

Free is cool, but a good paid for version is fine if you think it's worth it!

Thanks in advance for your informed suggestions

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