<# .SYNOPSIS wakeup.ps1 [] [] .DESCRIPTION Sends a magic packet to the given computer to wake him up .EXAMPLE PS> .\wakeup.ps1 11:22:33:44:55:66 192.168.100.100 .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz License: CC0 #> param([string]$MACaddress = "", [string]$IPaddress = "", [int]$Port=9) function Send-WOL { param([string]$mac, [string]$ip="255.255.255.255", [int]$port=9) $broadcast = [Net.IPAddress]::Parse($ip) $mac=(($mac.replace(":","")).replace("-","")).replace(".","") $target=0,2,4,6,8,10 | % {[convert]::ToByte($mac.substring($_,2),16)} $packet = (,[byte]255 * 6) + ($target * 16) $UDPclient = new-Object System.Net.Sockets.UdpClient $UDPclient.Connect($broadcast,$port) [void]$UDPclient.Send($packet, 102) } try { if ($MACaddress -eq "" ) { $MACaddress = read-host "Enter the host's MAC address (e.g. 00:11:22:33:44:55)" } if ($IPaddress -eq "" ) { $IPaddress = read-host "Enter the host's IP address or subnet address (e.g. 255.255.255.255)" } Send-WOL $MACaddress $IPaddress $Port start-sleep -milliseconds 100 Send-WOL $MACaddress $IPaddress $Port "✔️ sent magic packet $MACaddress to IP $IPaddress port $Port (twice)" exit 0 } catch { write-error "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }