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Hi Steve,

I have just discovered (not yet tested) MC-WOL, a small command-line utility which apparently allows remote WOL.
It is available here: http://www.matcode.com/wol.htm
Do you think such a tool could be added in VNCScan to allow remote WOL?

Best Regards,

Sparad0x

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Thank you for that link.  I'm looking into this today ...

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Thank you,

Steve Bostedor

Check out the new %MAC% variable in the custom commands of version 2006.6.19.4.  It will pass the MAC address to this tool.

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Thank you,

Steve Bostedor

Waooooooooo!!!!!

What a quick feedback!!!!!

I will test it asap :-)

2 suggestions to get a remote MAC address (successfully tested under Windows XP Pro SP2):

you can use ipconfig /all

or getmac /fo csv /nh

The first one will show you everything, including IP address, Subnet mask, etc., while the second will only show you MAC addresses. For getmac, the used swiches allow to use csv format without headers, which could help Steve (:-p) to automate the send to VNCScan.
Of course, do not forget to add a "pause" to display it.

Regards,

Sparad0x

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www.ultravnc.fr, UltraVNC en version française

VNCScan has a built-in way to get the MAC address and it is stored in the computer properties. 

If you right-click a computer and open the computer properties, there is a button under the IP Address where you can resolve the MAC Address if it's not already there.  It's also resolved during a scan.

When you pass the new %MAC% variable, it pulls the stored MAC address from the database.

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Thank you,

Steve Bostedor

Yes, I know that you have such a tool included in VNCScan.
It works perfectly except... for computers located on a distant LAN or WAN! For thoses computer, the MAC Address is always 00-00-00-00-00-00.
Of course, if you can do something to be able to get the correct MAC address, it would really be perfect!!!!

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I can't seem to get getmac to work across routers, either.  Does it work across the Internet for you?

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Thank you,

Steve Bostedor

Using remote scripting, it works perfectly!

Here is my exact script:

c:
cd \temp\vncscan
@Echo off
Echo on

getmac /fo csv /nh

pause

Best Regards,

Sparad0x

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www.ultravnc.fr, UltraVNC en version française

Is there anyway to push the MAC into the database using this script without having to copy and paste it for each machine into the Network Information properties.

It would be nice because we have vlans and switches all over the network.  I tried setting up helper address and so forth with not luck.  Seems like this is my only option.  Just hate to have to go through and enter close to 1,000 MAC addresses.

Any ideas?

NetworkJack

It sounds like there's a need for a command line tool that will write settings to the VNCScan data such as:

VENMWrite.exe /group:"servers group" /hostname:host.domain.com /mac:0e-12-20-11-0f-29-12

I'll get started on writing such a tool and let you know when it's available.

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Thank you,

Steve Bostedor

Do you think such a tool would be able to populate the MAC addresses for all the computers in a managed list or group?

Sound great thanks for the quick response!