PCs waking up as soon as program runs

[MikeShutterbug]

Hello,

Not sure if I am missing a setting or understand how the program works.

When I run WakeOnLAN, it automatically wakes up all the PCs I have set up. Is there a way to disable this so I can only wake up the ones I need?

Thank you,
Mike.

[basildane]

WOL does not send wake up packets until you tell it to. I strongly suspect that your PCs are configured to Wake On Ping. When WOL starts up, by default, it pings the PCs to see if they are up. If you have Wake On Ping accidentally enabled, this would explain the behavior.

[basildane]

if you share a screenshot of your PC wol settings maybe we can get some ideas.

[MikeShutterbug]

Thank you.

Your reply from yesterday helped me sort it out. In Windows 11, when you enable WOL, the option to "Only allow a magic packet to wake the computer" is turned off by default, turning it on resolved my issue.