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2.0 KiB
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67 lines
2.0 KiB
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.\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010 Marc Balmer <marc@msys.ch>
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.\"
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.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
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.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
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.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
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.\"
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.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
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.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
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.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
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.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
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.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
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.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
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.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
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.\"
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.Dd December 27, 2009
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.Dt WAKE 8
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm wake
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.Nd send Wake on LAN frames to hosts on a local Ethernet network
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Ar interface
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.Ar lladdr
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.Op Ar lladdr ...
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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program is used to send Wake on LAN (WoL) frames over a local
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Ethernet network to one or more hosts using their link layer (hardware)
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addresses.
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WoL functionality is generally enabled in a machine's BIOS
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and can be used to power on machines from a remote system without
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having physical access to them.
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.Pp
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.Ar interface
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is an Ethernet interface of the local machine and is used to send the
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Wake on LAN frames over it.
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If there is only one Ethernet device available that is up and running, then the
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.Ar interface
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argument can be omitted.
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.Ar lladdr
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is the link layer address of the remote machine.
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This can be specified as the actual hardware address
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(six hexadecimal numbers separated by colons)
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or as a hostname entry in
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.Pa /etc/ethers .
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.Nm
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accepts multiple
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.Ar lladdr
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addresses.
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Link layer addresses can be determined and set using
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.Xr ifconfig 8 .
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width "/etc/ethers" -compact
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.It Pa /etc/ethers
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Ethernet host name data base.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr ethers 5 ,
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.Xr ifconfig 8
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.Sh AUTHORS
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.Nm
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was written by
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.An Marc Balmer Aq Mt marc@msys.ch .
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