Ether-Wake (etherwake) is a Wake-on-Lan client.
Version: 1.09-0
Status: Done
This program 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 currently generates the standard AMD Magic Packet format, with an optional password appended.
etherwake [-i <ifname>] [-p aa:bb:cc:dd[:ee:ff]] 00:11:22:33:44:55 Options: -b wake-up packet to the broadcast address. -D Increase the debug level. -i ifname Use interface IFNAME instead of the default 'eth0'. -p <pw> Append the four or six byte password PW to the packet. A password is only required for a few adapter types. The password may be specified in ethernet hex format or dotted decimal (Internet address) -p 00:22:44:66:88:aa -p 192.168.1.1
Format | Location |
.bin | SourceForge - utility binaries |
.bin | SourceForge - test binaries |
.ipk | SourceForge - packages |
.ipk | PigsInSpace - standard packages |
If you do not have ipkg already installed, put the .bin format ether-wake (above) into your /usr/bin directory .
Copyright 1999-2003 Donald Becker and Scyld Computing Corporation. This software may be used and distributed according to the terms of the GNU Public License, incorporated herein by reference. Contact the author for use under other terms. This source file was originally part of the network tricks package, and is now distributed to support the Scyld Beowulf system.
Version 1.09-0 - [John, 2008-04-16]