Anders Johansson wrote:
On Friday 29 June 2007 21:00:20 James Knott wrote:
Anders Johansson wrote:
On Friday 29 June 2007 20:35:26 James Knott wrote:
Anders Johansson wrote:
On Friday 29 June 2007 13:13:54 James Knott wrote:
Jos van Kan wrote:
James Knott wrote:
I've installed wol (wake on lan) on my system. While it works fine
if I supply the mac address as part of the command, it doesn't read
the mac from a file. I've tried both wol -f filename and wol
--file=filename. Even using wol<filename doesn't work.
Any suggestions?
wol $(cat [path_to_]filename_containing_mac_address)
While that does work, I'd still like to know why the documented
methods don't.
What do you have in your file? It should contain more than just your
mac address
Such as??? WOL creates a magic packet that contains the MAC address.
What else has to be included? Using only the MAC address from the
command line works fine.
Your options for the file are
MAC host port password
MAC host password
MAC host port
MAC host
MAC alone won't do, the parser expects one of the above
The MAC alone certainly works fine when included on the command line.
Also, the items you mentioned are options that are not necessary for
basic operation.
Did it work?
Yes, wol <mac address> works fine. It just won't read the address from
a file, using the methods described in the MAN page.
Here's an what happens with the MAC as part of the command
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ $ wol 00:02:55:47:E0:7B
Waking up 00:02:55:47:E0:7B...
If I use wol -f netfinity, I don't get that "Waking up" line and the
computer doesn't start. In fact, there is no response at all.
For example, you'd specify host if the computer you're
issuing the command from has more than one network adapter, so that the
magic packet is sent on the right interface. The port is used if
necessary to get past some packet filter. The password would be used
with a SecureOn capable NIC. All this is described in the wol man
page. If they are required when reading from a file, they should also
be required when including the MAC as part of the file.
I would suggest filing a bug report with the developer then
I plan to.
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