Turning a Group of PC's off and On

[Grommit]

Hi

 

I have a group of PC's that I would like to have switched on at 8am off at 9:40 on at 11:40 off at 12:40 and on at 15:15 and off at 17:00..

 

Is there a program that can do this as Ranger React only turns them off.. ?

[Craig_W]

You could use Ranger to turn the machines off, and create a WOL batch file and run it as a Schduled Task on the server to turn them all back on at those times.

[apeo]

I dont know if Ranger will turn them off at different times (been a while since i used it) but as Craig_W says you can use a script to turn them on at scheduled times via wol (assuming you have wol, if not i have no idea how you would turn them on) and if Ranger can't turn them off at different times, you can create a script to turn them off at scheduled times.

 

Over here i use a vbscript that opens a csv file with a list of mac addresses and computer names, then uses this to run a wol proggy to send the magic packes to each mac address in the list. I use another script to open the same csv and use the computer name to send a shutdown command to each computer in the list. If need be i can post up the scripts and wol proggy.

[Grommit]

I dont know if Ranger will turn them off at different times (been a while since i used it) but as Craig_W says you can use a script to turn them on at scheduled times via wol (assuming you have wol, if not i have no idea how you would turn them on) and if Ranger can't turn them off at different times, you can create a script to turn them off at scheduled times.

 

Over here i use a vbscript that opens a csv file with a list of mac addresses and computer names, then uses this to run a wol proggy to send the magic packes to each mac address in the list. I use another script to open the same csv and use the computer name to send a shutdown command to each computer in the list. If need be i can post up the scripts and wol proggy.

 

Hi..

 

Thanks for the help... I think theymight have WOL.. so yes dould you post the script and the WOL program..

 

Ta

[Grommit]

I dont know if Ranger will turn them off at different times (been a while since i used it) but as Craig_W says you can use a script to turn them on at scheduled times via wol (assuming you have wol, if not i have no idea how you would turn them on) and if Ranger can't turn them off at different times, you can create a script to turn them off at scheduled times.

 

Over here i use a vbscript that opens a csv file with a list of mac addresses and computer names, then uses this to run a wol proggy to send the magic packes to each mac address in the list. I use another script to open the same csv and use the computer name to send a shutdown command to each computer in the list. If need be i can post up the scripts and wol proggy.

 

Hi..

 

Thanks for the help... I think theymight have WOL.. so yes dould you post the script and the WOL program..

 

Ta

 

Found a nice little proggy called Lanhelper.... does it all for you .. all you do is set the schedule :-)...

[apeo]

Ah right.. doesnt look like a bad proggy and cheap to.

[srochford]

If you want free instead of cheap then I can offer you my script:

 

http://techinfo.cnwl.ac.uk/Windows%20Scripts/default.asp?dest=Wake%20Computers.htm

 

Basically, you give it the name of an OU and it queries AD to get a list of computers in the OU and the DHCP server to get the MAC addresses. It then uses Depicus WakeOnLan to actually wake them up.

[tarquel]

I use psshutdown to do this - along with DHCP & reserved IPs, you can use the computer to shut them down and turn them on at scheduled times.

 

Works fine for me generally.

 

Let me know if u need assistance with it.

 

Nath.

[Grommit]

Looking for a Free proggy .. like Lanhelper ....

[Sylv3r]

BeyondExec - Spawn Processes or Shutdown Remote Windows NT/2000/XP WorkStations

 

The above should do the trick with the help of scheduled tasks on your server.

[FN-GM]

Over here i use a vbscript that opens a csv file with a list of mac addresses and computer names, then uses this to run a wol proggy to send the magic packes to each mac address in the list. I use another script to open the same csv and use the computer name to send a shutdown command to each computer in the list. If need be i can post up the scripts and wol proggy.

 

Please can i have a copy of this script, would be handy for our school.

[Ben_Stanton]

Ha ha. Just had a look at LanHelper. Seems good for the shutdown/WOL job. But be warned, when adding PC's to a schedule, do not click the OK button. You must click cancel or it will submit that schedule AND send shutdown requests that second. Took a whole room out

 

Ben

[gshaw]

Just remember with WOL don't let anyone turn the switches \ main breaker off!