WoL Wake On Lan Wan is my newest Android Application.
I was looking for a WoL app that wouldn't FC on me and would support any UDP port, IPs and Domain names, multiple packets, multiple profiles, one-click widgets... so I made my own. The application is robust, extremely flexible, and powerful.
Want to know more about WoL? Have a Linksys Router you're having trouble configuring? Depicus is also a great source of information and tools.
Here is the current feature-set:
- Multiple Profiles - It can store as many as your external storage can handle. Saving the profiles on the external storage also allows the user to share profiles with other phones if desired. Just look in the WoLANWAN directory and copy any .dat file to another phone's similarly named directory to share a profile (I use Astro for my Android File Explorer needs)
- Profile Grouping - Want one widget for both your WiFi and WAN configurations for the same computer? Now you can group them and create a group widget that sends packets to all the computers in the group. Have a data center with loads of computers? Group them and wake up your entire data center with one touch.
- IP and Domain Support - Not everyone has a dedicated external IP for WoW and so they turn to dynamic DNS like dyndns.org to provide a fully-qualified domain name that resolves to their machine. On the other hand when using WoL on an intranet there's probably no need for domain name because the IP is fixed or known.
- UDP Ports 0-65535 - OK, I didn't test ALL of them but, I did test a non-standard port for my own implementation and it worked like a champ. Why limit a user to 7 or 9? You know what your firewall needs!
- Toggle Broadcast - With the ability to turn broadcast on for profiles to use while connected to WiFi and turn it off for profiles to use while connected to 3G/Edge/G etc WoL Wake on Lan Wan has you covered.
- Send Multiple Packets - It's UDP... meaning connectionless. Packets can lose their way sometimes in the internet, so sending a configurable number of packets at a configurable interval is a great way to make sure the message gets to the remote computer. This is also great for testing your router and machine configurations (I use a tool called Wake On Lan Monitor).
- One-Touch Widgets - Do I really have to open the application and pick a profile every time I want to wake up my computer? No! Of course not, we know how lazy... er.. busy you are so with One-Touch Widgets you can save your precious energy. This is also really handy if you have loads of profiles and frequently use one at the bottom of the list.
- Sorting - With a bunch of different profiles, it's nice to be able to see them alphabetically, or reverse alphabetically, or more recently changed - you get the idea.
- Localization - The application is now localized in French and Spanish... very poorly. If you would like to submit a change to some of the poorly localized UI feel free to email me or leave a comment on my blog here. Also, if we're not localized in the language that you're interested in please email me so that I can give you a list of strings to translate.
- CSV Export and Import - As wonderful and amazing as phones are, it sure is a pain to type on them. That's why with the new CSV export and import you can export a sample and then type a bunch of them in from a computer. Import the new CSV and voila no need to peck away on your phone for hours on end. For those of you who may be having trouble here is the order the columns should be in the CSV: Name, MAC, IP or Domain Name, UDP Port, Broadcast ("true" or "false"), Subnet Mask, Send Multiple ("true" or "false"), Packet Count, Interval (seconds). Also, please note that every column must be filled with a value.
- Tasker task export - But wait, there's more! I finally had a chance to purchase Tasker (cool app!) and added a Tasker export to the context menu (long-press) in the main screen. You can also create it yourself by using the Action Intent in Misc. The settings are Action=com.benfinnigan.wol.widgetlaunch Cat=Launcher Extra=CPATH:<Enter the name of the profile or group profile here>
- NO ADVERTISING - Seriously? For something as simple as a wake on lan app, no one wants to be bothered by ads.
Here are some screenshots and the QR Code:
