WOL is a simple Python command line interface to the Wake-On-LAN protocol. Behavior can be configured in a .json file.

Requires Python 3.7+

Usage

WOL is designed to be used from the command line. Without any additional setup, use python3 wol.py 12:34:56:78:90:12 to send a magic packet for the MAC address 12:34:56:78:90:12 to 255.255.255.255 port 9.

The full signature is

wol.py [-h] [-i ip] [-p port] [-r repeat] [-n interface] [-f file] [-q] [--version]
       MAC/SecureOn [MAC/SecureOn ...]

Computers requiring a SecureOn password can be woken by separating the MAC address and SecureOn password with a /. For example, to wake a computer with MAC address 12:34:56:78:90:12 and SecureOn password AB:CD:EF:12:34:56, use python3 wol.py 12:34:56:78:90:12/AB:CD:EF:12:34:56.

Note that MAC addresses and SecureOn passwords do not require the : separator and are case insensitive. Valid separators are :, -, ., or no separator.

Configuration Setup

Optionally, users may create a .json file to save common use cases and change default behavior.

By default, wol.py will look in ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-~/.config}/wol on a Unix like machine or %userprofile%\.config\wol on Windows for wol.json. Users may specify the -f flag to point to another .json file instead.

The .json file is meant to contain groups of MAC addresses with corresponding IP addresses, ports, repeat counts, interfaces, and other groups.

For example, to change the default behavior of wol.py, create wol.json in the directory specified above with a DEFAULT group:

{
  "DEFAULT": {
    "ip": "10.0.1.10",
    "port": 2718,
    "repeat": 2
  }
}

With the above configuration, python3 wol.py 123456789012 will send 2 magic packets to 10.0.1.10 port 2718.

Users may find it useful to create other groups:

{
  "all": {
    "groups": [
      "home",
      "work"
    ]
  },

  "home": {
    "ip": "home_ip",
    "port": 3141,
    "macs": [
      "123456789012",
      "123ABCDEF987"
    ]
  },

  "work": {
    "ip": "work_ip",
    "port": 2718,
    "macs": [
      "556677889900"
    ]
  }
}

With the above configuration, python3 wol.py all will send magic packets for MAC addresses 123456789012 and 123ABCDEF987 to home_ip port 3141 as well as the magic packet for MAC address 556677889900 to work_ip port 2718.

Additionally an "interface" can be defined for any group. This option is useful if a users machine has multiple NICs.