Re: WOL ethernet

["Jens B. Jorgensen" <jjorgens@bdsinc.com>]

I'm sure it could make the magic packet if one knew what was *in* the magic packet.
You should be able to use tcpdump to sniff the packet off the ethernet. Then I believe
you can use some sort of nit-type device to form your own packet and send one of
these.

Ian Keith Setford wrote:

> Does anyone know if a *nix (Debian) is able to create the so-called "magic
> packet" that tells a machine with a Wake-on-Lan adapter to power up? The
> research I've done on the web has been inconclusive.  Don Becker's page
> made no mention of it either.
>
> Anyone?
>
> TIA.
>
> -Ian
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