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August 6, 2013

WOL: Wake On Lan (with broadcast message)

A convenient Objective-C function for sending a WOL message into your LAN.
You need:
- http://objective-c-functions.blogspot.com/2013/08/wol-wake-on-lan-within-custom-subnet.html


/** Broadcast a Wake On Lan (WOL) messagge to the specified MAC address.

 MAC address must be in the 12:34:56:78:9A:BC format.

 @param mac The MAC address to wake up.
 @return Returns true on success, false otherwise.
 @see wakeOnLanByMacAddress:usingSubnet:

 */
+ (BOOL)wakeOnLanByMacAddress:(char *)mac {
    return [LMFunctions wakeOnLanByMacAddress:mac usingSubnet:"255.255.255.255"]; // Broadcast to everyone.
}


Download the ready-for-use source file (.m) of WOL: Wake On Lan (with broadcast message)

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