Discussion:
Send wake on lan from windows XP / Vista
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Dave Lowther
2008-02-06 06:53:21 UTC
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Hi,

I'm trying to find a windows API that will allow me to write some code to
send wake on lan packets from a C++ windows application (XP and Vista).

I've tried searching msdn + google but didn't have much success.

I'd appreciate it if someone could provide some links and / or the names of
the API functions.

Thanks.

Dave.
David
2008-02-06 14:08:00 UTC
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There isn't an API that I'm aware of. WOL uses the "Magic Packet." Once a
packet is created it can be broadcast on the network to wake up the computer.

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/IP/WOL.aspx
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Best Regards.
Post by Dave Lowther
Hi,
I'm trying to find a windows API that will allow me to write some code to
send wake on lan packets from a C++ windows application (XP and Vista).
I've tried searching msdn + google but didn't have much success.
I'd appreciate it if someone could provide some links and / or the names of
the API functions.
Thanks.
Dave.
Volodymyr Shcherbyna
2008-02-06 14:28:05 UTC
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WOL is a nice feature, I wonder why it is not supported by WinAPI functions.
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Post by David
There isn't an API that I'm aware of. WOL uses the "Magic Packet." Once a
packet is created it can be broadcast on the network to wake up the computer.
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/IP/WOL.aspx
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Best Regards.
Post by Dave Lowther
Hi,
I'm trying to find a windows API that will allow me to write some code to
send wake on lan packets from a C++ windows application (XP and Vista).
I've tried searching msdn + google but didn't have much success.
I'd appreciate it if someone could provide some links and / or the names of
the API functions.
Thanks.
Dave.
Dave Lowther
2008-02-07 06:40:00 UTC
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Post by David
There isn't an API that I'm aware of. WOL uses the "Magic Packet." Once a
packet is created it can be broadcast on the network to wake up the computer.
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/IP/WOL.aspx
--
Best Regards.
Thanks for your suggestion, I'll take a look at that.
Post by David
Post by Dave Lowther
Hi,
I'm trying to find a windows API that will allow me to write some code to
send wake on lan packets from a C++ windows application (XP and Vista).
I've tried searching msdn + google but didn't have much success.
I'd appreciate it if someone could provide some links and / or the names of
the API functions.
Thanks.
Dave.
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