wake on lan

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Bill

Hey all!

I need to wake on lan 13 workstations from a windows server 2003 server to 
perform backups.  

I would like to use a csv file that identifies the workstaion by name or ip 
and its mac address. 

I have found several powershell scripts, but had trouble getting them to work.

any ideas?

Thanks
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Bill

For starters, at what point are you at?  Do you have a script that can 
at least start one workstation or you don't have anything at all currently.

See:
 http://www.**--****.com/ 

Check the comments also.  Get something working for one system, then if 
you need to pass a TXT or CSV file, that will be simple once you have 
something working for one.

Marco

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Thanks Marco,

I had seen the script you referenced and tried to get it working.  What I 
have done so far:   

1) Saved wakeonlan.ps1 and tried to execute...
2) launch powershell, 
ps> cd "c:\data\@utilities\foo"
ps> .\profile
ps> .\wakeonlan.ps1
   enter option: wol
   enter workstation: (at this point I have tried a) all, b) computer name), 
c) ip address, d) mac address, e) combined: computer name followed by ip.

Tracking the progress, the closest to working was b) computer name where it 
pinged and failed 25 times the computer.

Maybe I am not "calling" this thing correctly. I mean the first line 
(#wakeonlan $computer) leads me to believe that the wakeonlan function takes 
the parameter $computer which resolves to the computer name.

Anyway, I am learning ALOT and am continuing to until I fingure this all out 
(given time available).  

thanks again
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Bill

Hi Bill,
it's difficult to tell what's wrong without knowing if WOL does
work with the pc's you have in mind.

The script version from James Manning
< http://www.**--****.com/ ;
does work here without any hassles waking a PC where BIOS is properly set 
up for WOL.

.\Wake-On-Lan.ps1 11:22:33:44:55:66

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Regards
Matthias

IT WORKED!!

I was not "calling" the script correctly.  It should have been like you 
indicated:
".\ scriptname.ps1 mac address separated by ":".

Now, in the powershell code repository,  http://www.**--****.com/ 
script tha uses a csv file.  
First, Is this a powershell script?
Second, If I cut and paste the 113 lines of code, and name it 
wakeonlan.ps1in my script directory, can I  execute it at a pre-defined time 
(12:01 am Saturday)?
Third, what is the correct separator for the mac address in the csv file (, 
or - or : or a space or no spaces)?
Four, (pardon my viscosity) What is the correct syntax to execute it?

I guess this brings a slightly different question, how to launch powershell 
"autmatically", and through that execute the above script?

Thanks Again!


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Bill

Yes, of course it is.


< http://www.**--****.com/ +powershell+script&as_ugroup=microsoft.public.windows.powershell>


Looks like the mac itself shall have no separator with this script.

computername,112233445566
othercomputer,FFEEDDCCBBAA
Should do.

Sorry just no time to test it and dive into - I'm still a posh noob too.


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Regards
Matthias

Thank You for all your help!

I now have a scheduled task that will wake each workstation at 11:59pm each 
Friday.

Next I am going to learn to turn them off at 6am every Saturday.

I already have the backup software configured to run every Saturday at 12:01 
am.

Thanks Again!
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Bill