version 3.34 released 10th September, 2022

    If you would like further information on purchasing Wake On LAN Ex, please see the purchase page.
    A Comparison Chart is available showing the differences between each Edition of Wake On LAN Ex.

    Wake On LAN Ex is commercial software; you can still use it in its restricted form for an unlimited period of time to evaluate it to see if it meets your needs.

    There are two types of licenses available.

    • Home
    • This is the full version of the software - minus the enterprise-orientated features - that can be used at home, or on a system that isn't located in a place of work.

    • Enterprise
    • This, like the Home version, is the full version of the software but with the additional features enterprised-orientated features and the license permits the use of the Wake On LAN Ex software at a place of work.

    By purchasing this software you will gain the following features. Items colour-coded to denote the edition of Wake On LAN Ex they are supported in. Home Edition has all the features of the Free Edition, and the Enterprise Edition has all the features of the Free and Home editions.

    ENTERPRISE EDITIONHOME EDITIONFREE EDITION

  • Standard Feature Set
  • All features are available in the free edition except for those listed below.

    ENTERPRISE EDITIONHOME EDITION

  • Additional Devices and Custom Actions
  • The Free Edition supports 5 devices and 1 custom action.

    The Home Edition supports 50 devices and 25 custom actions.

    The Enterprise Edition supports an unlimited number of devices and an unlimited number of custom actions.

    ENTERPRISE EDITIONHOME EDITION

  • Events
  • When a device's status has changed (by either coming online, going offline, or causing an error), you can specify what action should be performed upon that status change by reacting to its events.

    ENTERPRISE EDITIONHOME EDITION

  • Instrumentation
  • Full support for getting instrumentation/system information from devices that you can the appropriate account permissions for and that are running Windows. Information such as uptime, download/upload network speed, disk I/O speed, total processes, CPU frequency, and more can be displayed directly within the address book.

    ENTERPRISE EDITIONHOME EDITION

  • Auto-Discovery
  • Any devices that your computer has "seen" will be displayed in a list so you can quickly add them to the address book without having to manually find out their IP and MAC addresses.

    ENTERPRISE EDITIONHOME EDITION

  • Goto Frontend
  • Devices have a Frontend property that allows you to specify a website to go to when selecting a device and clicking on the Goto Frontend menu item.

    ENTERPRISE EDITIONHOME EDITION

  • Logitech LCD Keyboard
  • Support is available for displaying the address book on the integrated LCD screen on Logitech G15 and G19 keyboards.

    ENTERPRISE EDITIONHOME EDITION

  • Wake via MAC File
  • WoLEX can be told to wake up devices via a text file containing the MAC addresses of the devices to wake using the command-line.

    ENTERPRISE EDITION

  • Multiple Address Books
  • Multiple address books can be created; each address book contains its own list of devices.

    ENTERPRISE EDITION

  • Remote Address Books
  • The standard address book within the Free and Home editions are Local address books, in that they are stored on the local computer WoLEX is running on.

    The Enterprise edition supports both Local and Remote address books. A Remote address book resides on a (HTTP) web-server and is synchronised to all copies of WoLEX that point to it. This allows the hosting of address books on a centralised server; useful within enterprise and corporate environments, and for having a backed-up address book.

    ENTERPRISE EDITION

  • Staggered Waking
  • Waking-up a number of devices can put a strain on the power systems powering those devices; to eliminate any surges on the power system, WoLEX supports waking up multiple devices with a (configurable) delay in-between each device.

    MY PERSONAL THANKS

  • Supporting the Author
  • As always, my eternal gratitude for supporting me so I can continue working on Wake On LAN Ex!

Information

Introduction
Features
Requirements
Contact
EULA
Credits

Purchase Info

Preface

Terminology

Usage

Main Window
Auto-Discovery
Device Editor
Address Book Manager
Custom Actions
Settings Window
Log Window

Command-Line

Miscellaneous

Known Issues
Future

Changelog

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