Re: WOL ethernet

1999-04-21 Thread Ian Keith Setford
Good idea. I didn't think of that. But I have 2 Debian boxes and only one Windows box (with the WOL adapter). I'm not even sure what kind of software I would need in Windows to generate this packet. Guess I'll start there and find a Windows program that will do it and then sniff it to see what t

Re: WOL ethernet

1999-04-20 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
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 anyo

WOL ethernet

1999-04-20 Thread Ian Keith Setford
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 ___

WOL ethernet

1999-04-20 Thread Ian Keith Setford
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 ___