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Shaun Dunmall edited this page Jul 18, 2023 · 11 revisions

Welcome to the WSKr wiki!

What problem is WSKr trying to solve?

If you manage hundreds or thousands of machines then sometimes you need to do a simple operation across all of them; such as see how many are switched on, or find all those that are switched on but with no-one logged into them, or see how much RAM is installed on all your laptops. There are of course lots of ways to do these things, from simple Powershell scripts to expensive management systems like ZENworks, SCCM, LAN Sweeper etc. WSKr is FOSS and simple to use. It's a simple scanner with no dependencies on external libraries or databases and such like. So without having to think about writing a script or buying anything you can do some simple detective work on your estate.

Quick start

  1. Download the EXE.
  2. Execute it thus :-

Ping a single machine.

**wskr --range=MyTestMachine --ping**

Check for a free machine out of a bunch of machines.

**wskr --range=PC01..PC22 --free**

USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. TEST THOROUGHLY. NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENTS.

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