NAME
ether-wake - A tool to send a Wake-On-LAN "Magic Packet"
SYNOPSIS
ether-wake [options] Host-ID
DEscRIPTION
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)
OPTIONS
ether-wake needs a single dash (´-´) in front of options. A summary of options is included below.
-b Send the wake-up packet to the broadcast address.
-D Increase the Debug Level.
-i ifname
Use interface ifname instead of the default "eth0".
-p passwd
Append a four or six byte password to the packet. Only a few adapters need or support this. A six byte password
may be specified in Ethernet hex format (00:22:44:66:88:aa) or four byte dotted decimal (192.168.1.1) format. A
four byte password must use the dotted decimal format.
-V Show the program version information.
