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# ESP Wake on Lan
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ESP Wake on Lan is a simple web interface on an ESP32 to send Wake on Lan Magic Packets to one out a list of specified devices.
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The device to wake up can be selected from a list in an external file that is compiled into the project.
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It is also possible to specify the target (broadcast) address to send the packet to.
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ESP Wake on Lan is a simple web interface on an ESP32 to send Wake on Lan Magic Packets.
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The MAC address of the device to wake up can be selected from a list of specified devices, or manually entered.
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The default list of devices to wake up is an external file that is compiled into the project.
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Manually entered MAC addresses are added to the dropdown, however they are lost when the ESP restarts.
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It is also possible to specify the target broadcast IP address to send the packet to.
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This is done by selecting one from a dropdown which contains a default option specified in the source code,
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the last selected IP(if that is a different one), and 255.255.255.255, or manually specifying one.
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To manually specify a MAC or IP address simply select the "Other" option and enter it into the text input that appears.
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This is how the web interface looks:
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![ESP Wake on Lan Web Interface](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ToMe25/ESP-WakeOnLan/master/images/web-interface.png)
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