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title: "Wake on LAN"
description: "Wake on LAN is a built-in integration for Home Assistant. It has 51k installs sharing analytics and works locally."
canonical: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/wake-on-lan"
url: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/wake-on-lan.md"
last-updated: "2026-10-22"
version: "1.4"
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# Wake on LAN

> Wake on LAN is a built-in integration for Home Assistant. It has 51k installs sharing analytics and works locally.

Wake on LAN is a built-in integration that sends magic packets to wake devices on the local network. It adds buttons and switches to Home Assistant, and also provides an action for sending a magic packet to a device with Wake-On-LAN capability. Each entry is defined by the MAC address of the target device. Optional settings cover the broadcast address and port, which default to 255.255.255.255 and 9 and are normally left alone, plus a SecureOn password in six-byte hexadecimal format that is appended to the packet. It works locally and is set up in the UI.

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## Supports

- **Works locally**: Talks to your devices on your own network. No vendor cloud in between.
- **Set up in the UI**: Add it in Settings, Devices and services. Nothing to download.
- **Updated with Home Assistant**: Ships and updates with every Home Assistant release.

## Setting it up

It is added under Settings, Devices and services, with Add integration.

### Connect

- **Broadcast address**: The IP address of the host to send the magic packet to. Defaults to 255.255.255.255 and is normally not changed.
- **Broadcast port**: The port to send the magic packet to. Defaults to 9 and is normally not changed.
- **MAC address**: MAC address of the device to wake up.
- **SecureOn password**: The SecureOn password in 6 bytes hexadecimal format to append to the magic packet.

### After setup

- **Broadcast address**: The IP address of the host to send the magic packet to. Defaults to 255.255.255.255 and is normally not changed.
- **Broadcast port**: The port to send the magic packet to. Defaults to 9 and is normally not changed.
- **SecureOn password**: The SecureOn password in 6 bytes hexadecimal format to append to the magic packet.

Texts from Home Assistant's source code, [Apache License 2.0](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0).

## Actions

- **Send magic packet**: Sends a 'magic packet' to wake up a device with 'Wake-On-LAN' capabilities.
  Fields: Broadcast address, Broadcast port, MAC address, SecureOn password

## At a glance

- Kind: Built-in integration
- Category: [Computers and network](https://vulpo.app/integrations/category/computers-and-network.md), Routers and network
- Number: 51k installs sharing analytics
- Connection: Works locally
- Upkeep: Part of Home Assistant
- Needs: Built into Home Assistant
- Domain: `wake_on_lan`
- Source: <https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/wake_on_lan/>

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Last updated 2026-10-22. Source: https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/wake-on-lan

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