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21 .Nd send Wake on LAN frames to hosts on a local Ethernet network
30 program is used to send Wake on LAN (WoL) frames over a local
31 Ethernet network to one or more hosts using their link layer (hardware)
33 WoL functionality is generally enabled in a machine's BIOS
34 and can be used to power on machines from a remote system without
35 having physical access to them.
38 is an Ethernet interface of the local machine and is used to send the
39 Wake on LAN frames over it.
40 If there is only one Ethernet device available that is up and running, then the
42 argument can be omitted.
44 is the link layer address of the remote machine.
45 This can be specified as the actual hardware address
46 (six hexadecimal numbers separated by colons)
47 or as a hostname entry in
53 Link layer addresses can be determined and set using
56 .Bl -tag -width "/etc/ethers" -compact
58 Ethernet host name data base.
66 .An Marc Balmer Aq Mt marc@msys.ch .