Script to wake a computer via network using Windows Powershell.
# Script to wake up a computer over network.
param(
[string]$mac = ’00:00:00:00:00:00′ #address of the network card (MAC address)
)#checks the syntax of MAC address
if (!($mac -like “*:*:*:*:*:*”) -or ($mac -like “*-*-*-*-*-*”)){
write-error “mac address not in correct format”
break
}#build magic package http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake-on-LAN#Magic_packet
$string=@($mac.split(“:””-“) | foreach {$_.insert(0,”0x”)})
$target = [byte[]]($string[0], $string[1], $string[2], $string[3], $string[4], $string[5])
# The magic packet is a broadcast frame containing anywhere within its payload 6 bytes of all 255 (FF FF FF FF FF FF in hexadecimal)
$packet = [byte[]](,0xFF * 102)
# followed by sixteen repetitions of the target computer’s 48-bit MAC address, for a total of 102 bytes.
6..101 |% { $packet[$_] = $target[($_%6)]}# .NET framework lib para sockets
$UDPclient = new-Object System.Net.Sockets.UdpClient
$UDPclient.Connect(([System.Net.IPAddress]::Broadcast),4000)
$UDPclient.Send($packet, $packet.Length) | out-null