WAKE(8) FreeBSD 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 having
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
device 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 <
[email protected]>.
FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8 December 27, 2009 FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8