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CentOS 5.1 |
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ether-wake(8) |
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ether-wake − A tool to send a Wake-On-LAN "Magic Packet"
ether-wake [options] Host-ID
This manual page documents the usage of the ether-wake command.
ether-wake is a program that generates and transmits a Wake-On-LAN (WOL) "Magic Packet", used for restarting machines that have been soft-powered-down (ACPI D3-warm state). It generates the standard AMD Magic Packet format, optionally with a password included. The single required parameter is a station (MAC) address or a host ID that can be translated to a MAC address by an ethers(5) database specified in nsswitch.conf(5)
ether-wake needs a single dash (
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