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6 Useful Free and Open Source Wake-on-LAN Tools

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Nov 28, 2025

Wake-on-LAN (WoL) is an ethernet networking standard that lets a computer to be turned on or awakened from a low-power state by a network message. This message, called a “magic packet,” is sent from another device on the same local network.

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