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SolarWinds WOL Tool (Best FREE Choice) When it comes to networking needs, it’s always safe to. WOL by Simplyware is an application that uses the Wake On LAN feature available in most of the PCs in order to wake or shut them down remotely. Although there is no version of WOL for Mac available on the market, you can still use other applications from the same category that provide the same functionality.

Introduction

Wake on LAN is a protocol made possible by the sending of so-called magic packets from a client to a remote device. These packets are able to locate the specific computer you intend to wake using its network card’s MAC address (a media access control address). Wake on LAN is a utility to wake a device (PC, laptop, tablet) which is asleep and supports to be woken by Wake on LAN. Add a configuration by specifying a unique name and mac address and select a picture (which will be used if a live tile is created). Multiple configurations for devices which.

Wake on LAN (or WOL) allows you to remotely turn on a computer.

ManageEngine OpUtils. OpUtils gives you the option to manage and Monitor Wake-on-LAN Devices.

Note: WOL is available only on OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) or later.

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Enabling WOL on OS X

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To enable WOL, do the following:

  1. For OSX it can be enabled from System Preferences ->Energy Saver by turning on Wake for network access.
  2. Restart the computer and boot into Recovery mode by holding CMD+R on boot until the Apple logo appears.
  3. Open Terminal from the Utilities menu.
  4. Disable System Integrity Protection by running the csrutil disable; reboot command.
  5. After OSX boots up, make sure you're logging in as an administrator and open Terminal from /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app
  6. Log in as root by running the sudo -i command in the terminal window.
  7. Edit the boot configuration file by running the vim /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist command.
  8. Press i to enter Insert mode. Find the Kernel Flags and change it to Kernel Flags darkwake=0
  9. Press Esc, then input :wq and press Enter to save the file and quit vim.
  10. Run the reboot command.
  11. Boot into Recovery mode by holding CMD+R on boot time.
  12. Open Terminal from Utilities menu.
  13. Re-enable System Integrity Protection by running the csrutil enable; reboot command.
  14. After OSX boots up, disable the Password Requirement after sleep, by opening System Preferences >Security & Privacy, selecting the General tab, and unchecking the Require password field.




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