Mobile application
PacketWake
PacketWake is a mobile Wake-on-LAN app that turns a technical task into a clearer workflow: save device profiles, review network details, and send a wake action without an account, ads, analytics, or a cloud dependency.
Problem
Wake-on-LAN looks simple, but in practice it depends on details that confuse users: MAC address, broadcast address, UDP port, SecureOn, network boundaries, VPNs, VLANs, and the configuration of the device being woken.
Solution
The app organises PCs, servers, NAS devices, and lab machines into local profiles, with groups, favourites, notes, wake attempt history, and deliberate wake actions per device or group.
- Local profiles without a required account
- Clear and explicit Wake buttons
- Editor for MAC, target, port, broadcast, SecureOn, and retries
- JSON export and import with checks before replacing profiles
Product decisions
The interface avoids promising online/offline status when the network cannot confirm it reliably. Instead, it shows what the app attempted and keeps advanced options available only when they help configure a profile.
Relevance for future projects
PacketWake demonstrates mobile product work, simplified technical UX, privacy by design, support-oriented documentation, and careful handling of features that could otherwise mislead users.
Frequently asked questions
Why does this belong in the portfolio?
It shows mobile application experience, not only websites. It also demonstrates the ability to turn a technical utility into a clear experience for real users.
Does the app depend on an account or cloud service?
PacketWake's public communication says the app has no account, no ads, no analytics, and keeps profiles in local app storage unless the user explicitly exports them.
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