Re: Bug#286838: ITP: wakeonlan -- Sends 'magic packets' to wake-on-LAN enabled ethernet adapters
On Fri, Dec 24, 2004 at 09:04:24AM +0000, Henning Makholm wrote:
> > 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.
It sends a broadcast packet exactly like etherwake does. The MAC
address is contained within the packet payload.
Steve
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