[WEB4LIB] Turn them on with WOL (wake on LAN)

[David Jones]

>>> Josh Kuperman <josh at saratoga.lib.ny.us> 04/18/02 12:56PM >>>
I have no idea how to wake up machines that have the Wake-on-LAN feature. Obviously, I can't ping them because there is no IP address until after they boot.
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Josh,

You don't need the IP - that's the wrong layer. WOL works at the MAC level...

A good starting point with lists of tools:
http://gsd.di.uminho.pt/jpo/software/wakeonlan/mini-howto/

>From AMD:
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Networking/TechnicalResources/0,,50_2334_2481,00.html


HTH,
David

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