1.\" 2.\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010 Marc Balmer <marc@msys.ch> 3.\" 4.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any 5.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above 6.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. 7.\" 8.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES 9.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF 10.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR 11.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES 12.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN 13.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF 14.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. 15.\" 16.Dd December 27, 2009 17.Dt WAKE 8 18.Os 19.Sh NAME 20.Nm wake 21.Nd send Wake on LAN frames to hosts on a local Ethernet network 22.Sh SYNOPSIS 23.Nm 24.Op Ar interface 25.Ar lladdr 26.Op Ar lladdr ... 27.Sh DESCRIPTION 28The 29.Nm 30program is used to send Wake on LAN (WoL) frames over a local 31Ethernet network to one or more hosts using their link layer (hardware) 32addresses. 33WoL functionality is generally enabled in a machine's BIOS 34and can be used to power on machines from a remote system without 35having physical access to them. 36.Pp 37.Ar interface 38is an Ethernet interface of the local machine and is used to send the 39Wake on LAN frames over it. 40If there is only one Ethernet device available that is up and running, then the 41.Ar interface 42argument can be omitted. 43.Ar lladdr 44is the link layer address of the remote machine. 45This can be specified as the actual hardware address 46(six hexadecimal numbers separated by colons) 47or as a hostname entry in 48.Pa /etc/ethers . 49.Nm 50accepts multiple 51.Ar lladdr 52addresses. 53Link layer addresses can be determined and set using 54.Xr ifconfig 8 . 55.Sh FILES 56.Bl -tag -width "/etc/ethers" -compact 57.It Pa /etc/ethers 58Ethernet host name data base. 59.El 60.Sh SEE ALSO 61.Xr ethers 5 , 62.Xr ifconfig 8 63.Sh AUTHORS 64.Nm 65was written by 66.An Marc Balmer Aq Mt marc@msys.ch . 67