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| − | To use Wake on LAN (WoL) type the following command in | + | To use Wake on LAN (WoL), type the following command in terminal <font class="code">wakeonlan [MACaddress]</font> Where [MACaddress] is the physical address of the machine you want to power on. To get the MAC address of the machine you want to power on, run the following terminal command <font class="code">ifconfig /all</font> and look for the result labeled "Physical Address" (00:00:00:00:00:00). If the wakeonlan application is not already installed on that particular machine, typing <font class="code">apt-get install wakeonlan</font> and try again. |
'''Note: WoL magic packets cannot be routed past a layer-2 link, WoL will only work if the computer sending and the computer receiving are on the same IP subnet.''' | '''Note: WoL magic packets cannot be routed past a layer-2 link, WoL will only work if the computer sending and the computer receiving are on the same IP subnet.''' | ||
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| + | [[Terminal Guide]] | ||
Revision as of 23:10, 22 July 2012
To use Wake on LAN (WoL), type the following command in terminal wakeonlan [MACaddress] Where [MACaddress] is the physical address of the machine you want to power on. To get the MAC address of the machine you want to power on, run the following terminal command ifconfig /all and look for the result labeled "Physical Address" (00:00:00:00:00:00). If the wakeonlan application is not already installed on that particular machine, typing apt-get install wakeonlan and try again.
Note: WoL magic packets cannot be routed past a layer-2 link, WoL will only work if the computer sending and the computer receiving are on the same IP subnet.
