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WAKE(8)			    System Manager's Manual		       WAKE(8)

NAME
       wake -- send Wake on LAN	frames to hosts	on a local Ethernet network

SYNOPSIS
       wake [interface]	lladdr [lladdr ...]

DESCRIPTION
       The  wake program is used to send Wake on LAN (WoL) frames over a local
       Ethernet	network	to one or more hosts using their link layer (hardware)
       addresses.  WoL functionality is	generally enabled in a machine's  BIOS
       and  can	be used	to power on machines from a remote system without hav-
       ing physical access to them.

       interface is an Ethernet	interface of the local machine and is used  to
       send the	Wake on	LAN frames over	it.  If	there is only one Ethernet de-
       vice  available that is up and running, then the	interface argument can
       be omitted.  lladdr is the link layer address of	 the  remote  machine.
       This  can  be specified as the actual hardware address (six hexadecimal
       numbers separated by colons) or as a  hostname  entry  in  /etc/ethers.
       wake  accepts  multiple	lladdr addresses.  Link	layer addresses	can be
       determined and set using	ifconfig(8).

FILES
       /etc/ethers  Ethernet host name data base.

SEE ALSO
       ethers(5), ifconfig(8)

AUTHORS
       wake was	written	by Marc	Balmer <marc@msys.ch>.

FreeBSD	13.2		       December	27, 2009		       WAKE(8)

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