improve wake on lan

RouterOS General
1

Wake on Lan (wol) feature now sends a Layer 2 magic packet

Many devices expect a UDP magic packet like below:

Please update tool to support version 2 of the magic packet for wol.
It would be great also if you could add a WOL tool in webfig also (define devices with MAC and just click on button to wake-up or even schedule a wake-up time).

2

this is a good idea, you should send this to support@mikrotik.com

3

pictures don’t work

4

Here is a PHP script which does Wake on Lan Version 2.

This should clear the air on this.
php_wol.zip (3.53 KB)

5

Your assumptions are not correct. There is no “version 2” of WOL, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake-on-LAN.

RouterOS already supports sending both types of WOL packets, either as Layer2 or as UDP, see the manual:
http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Tools/Wake_on_lan
To send as UDP, specify the interface name.

6

Correct links to the images from esimotas post:





7

see post above, specify interface and correct type of magic packet will be sent

8

It sounds quite good! It would be nice.

Òscar

9

I would prefer if there was something like send WoL packet option when you right click on DHCP lease and bring up the menu in WinBox.