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 the sneaky thing looks like.
-Ian On Tue, 20 Apr 1999, Jens B. Jorgensen wrote: > 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] > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > ______________________________________________________________________ Ian Setford [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP = F2 92 50 E3 CD D7 A2 D9 C4 CE 08 A6 98 E0 0F 58