wol
Send Wake-on-LAN magic packets
TLDR
Send WoL packet
$ wol [mac_address]
Send to different subnet by IP$ wol -i [ip_address] [mac_address]
Send to different subnet by hostname$ wol -h [hostname] [mac_address]
Specify port$ wol -p [port_number] [mac_address]
Read from file$ wol -f [path/to/file]
Verbose output$ wol -v [mac_address]
SYNOPSIS
wol [OPTIONS] MACADDRESS_
DESCRIPTION
wol sends Wake-on-LAN magic packets to wake up computers remotely. The target computer must have WoL enabled in BIOS and network interface configuration.Magic packets are broadcast on the local network by default. For remote networks, specify the target IP or hostname.
PARAMETERS
-i, --ipaddr IP
Send to specified IP address-h, --host HOSTNAME
Send to specified hostname-p, --port PORT
Use specified port-f, --file FILE
Read addresses from file-v, --verbose
Verbose output
INSTALL
sudo dnf install wol
sudo pacman -S wol
sudo zypper install wol
nix profile install nixpkgs#wol
CAVEATS
Target machine must support and have WoL enabled. May not work across routers without special configuration. MAC address must be known.
