WOL - Magic Packet Sender

If you want to power up your computer over the Internet, you need to send it Wake On Lan signals and doing so without appropriate tools can often be impossible.

WOL - Magic Packet Sender is one of the applications that can help you achieve quick, satisfactory results in the situation mentioned above by providing you with all the necessary features.

This program comes with a plain user interface that packs a handful of straightforward functions, which can be easily accessed by many users, regardless of their previous experience with similar programs. However, at least medium PC skills are required to operate it since some of its features are rather technical.

No additional configuration menu, window or pane is available since the purpose of the application is enabling you to power up your computer over the Internet as simple as possible.

You can turn to this application if you need to power up your computer from a remote location by sending it Wake On Lan magic packets. In order to do so, you just need to navigate to the Send tab, provide the program with a host name, a subnet mask, a MAC address, a protocol and a port.

If you want WOL - Magic Packet Sender to remember the settings, you can create a profile by typing a name in the designated field and hit the diskette-shaped button in the main window. If you want to access a previously saved profile, you can select it from the dedicated combo menu. Deleting a profile is also possible by clicking the trash bin button after selecting your desired item.

Aside from sending signals to another computer, this application can also receive WOL magic packets. You just need to navigate to the Receive tab, type a UDP port in the box and hit the Start button in order to launch the Receiver component.

All things considered, WOL - Magic Packet Sender is a lightweight application that enables your computer to send or receive Wake On Lan magic packets. It comes with a plain user interface, packs a handful of accessible functions and provides you with no form of help documentation or additional configuration window, menu or pane.