Turn on a remote pc

[rocknrollstar]

Hi, does anyone have any good (free) software that allows you to type in the name of a pc on the network (as opposed to mac address), and it turns it on via the network? I know wake on lan is an option, but a more friendly approach would be great. Also, I don't know the mac address at the moment.

I'm beginning to use remote access software, and finding that once in a while some remote pcs being turned off (despite efforts to keep them on). I have 2 pcs accessible remotely, so could turn one of them on using the other computer.

THanks

[meastaugh1]

If they're members of a domain, how about Specops Gpupdate - Remote gpupdate / Wake on lan (WOL) / restart / shutdown?

[rocknrollstar]

Great, thanks for that meastaugh1. Had seen it before, but didn't realise it could turn on a pc.

Cheers as usual

[Jamman960]

I saw a wake on lan by workstation name option within lanview3, all either of them will do is send a wol packet based on the computers recorded mac address. The easiest way to find the mac's of all your workstations is via their DHCP leases - if your using server 2003 for DHCP the mac address is listed as the unique ID for each lease.