Jimmy's Magic Packet is a small, simple, free and innovative program that will perform a simple task in an efficient way.
The application uses the Wake On LAN technology which lets you wake up a turned off PC that is connected to a LAN (Local Area Network). Thanks to this technology, the program sends small packs to a MAC address on your LAN, and in this way, it wakes up the remote PC. In addition, you can save MAC addresses under names, in order to use them in a more comfortable way.
One annoying feature of this program is that you have to discover the MAC address of each remote PC yourself. But don't worry, this is a simple task that can be done on the command line, typing "IPCONFIG /ALL". Usually the MAC address is called physical address.
To sum up, you can wake up remote PCs of your LAN easily thanks to this small and free program.
Pros
- Easy-to-use
- Free
Cons
- You have to discover the MAC address yourself