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Re: Bug#286838: ITP: wakeonlan -- Sends 'magic packets' to wake-on-LAN enabled ethernet adapters



Scripsit Steve Kemp <skx@debian.org>

>   No, wakeonlan sidesteps this by sending the 'magic packets' as
>  UDP - etherwake uses something different.

Just out of curiosity, how does one send an UDP package to a MAC
address? According to udp(7) only IP addresses are possible.

-- 
Henning Makholm                    "There is a danger that curious users may
                          occasionally unplug their fiber connector and look
                      directly into it to watch the bits go by at 100 Mbps."



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