A Wake on LAN (WoL) command line utility allows you to remotely power on or wake a sleeping computer instantly by broadcasting a “Magic Packet” directly from your terminal. The Magic Packet is a standard network frame containing six bytes of 0xFF followed by the target device’s 48-bit MAC address repeated 16 times, typically sent over UDP ports 7 or 9.
Because modern operating systems do not include a native terminal command to send these packets out of the box, you must rely on native scripting languages (like PowerShell) or lightweight cross-platform command-line utilities to get the job done instantly. Prerequisites: Prepare the Target Machine
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