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22 .Nd send Wake on LAN frames to hosts on a local Ethernet network
31 program is used to send Wake on LAN (WoL) frames over a local
32 Ethernet network to one or more hosts using their link layer (hardware)
34 WoL functionality is generally enabled in a machine's BIOS
35 and can be used to power on machines from a remote system without
36 having physical access to them.
39 is an Ethernet interface of the local machine and is used to send the
40 Wake on LAN frames over it.
41 If there is only one Ethernet device available that is up and running, then the
43 argument can be omitted.
45 is the link layer address of the remote machine.
46 This can be specified as the actual hardware address
47 (six hexadecimal numbers separated by colons)
48 or as a hostname entry in
54 Link layer addresses can be determined and set using
57 .Bl -tag -width "/etc/ethers" -compact
59 Ethernet host name data base.