I'm sure it could make the magic packet if one knew what was *in* the magic packet. You should be able to use tcpdump to sniff the packet off the ethernet. Then I believe you can use some sort of nit-type device to form your own packet and send one of these.
Ian Keith Setford wrote: > Does anyone know if a *nix (Debian) is able to create the so-called "magic > packet" that tells a machine with a Wake-on-Lan adapter to power up? The > research I've done on the web has been inconclusive. Don Becker's page > made no mention of it either. > > Anyone? > > TIA. > > -Ian > ______________________________________________________________________ > Ian Setford [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > PGP = F2 92 50 E3 CD D7 A2 D9 C4 CE 08 A6 98 E0 0F 58 > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
