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- Short: Wake On LAN client for Amiga
- Author: wann@kcm-01.ik.mb.uni-siegen.de
- Uploader: neil@zeusdev.co.uk (Neil Williams)
- Type: comm/net
- Requires: ixemul
-
- While there is no power management for the Amiga (yet), it is still
- possible to control other machines which do feature it.
-
- This is a client for the Wake On LAN protocol found in newer ethernet cards and
- motherboards. When properly configured, such a machine can keep its ethernet
- card powered up waiting for a specific packet to arrive while the rest of the
- computer is powered down. On receiving this packet the ethernet card activates
- the 'soft on' of ATX/WOL motherboards and powers the entire machine up. This
- program generates this packet.
-
- Usage: hpwake <ethernet MAC address>
-
- Get the MAC address from the machine while it is running using arp (firstly,
- contact the machine in some way (ping) to cause an initial address query to store
- the MAC address in the local arp tables). e.g., with Miami:
-
- 41.Ram Disk:> miamiping avan
- PING loki (192.168.1.13): 56 data bytes
- 64 bytes from 192.168.1.13: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=2.7 ms
-
- --- avan ping statistics ---
- 1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0% packet loss
- round-trip min/avg/max = 2.7/2.699/2.7 ms
-
- 41.Ram Disk:> miamiarp -a
- nuke (192.168.1.1) at (incomplete) permanent
- mono (192.168.1.6) at 00:60:30:00:47:C3
- rhic (192.168.1.11) at 02:40:95:50:0F:3A
- avan (192.168.1.13) at 00:40:95:00:09:CD
- loki (192.168.1.14) at 00:40:95:10:0A:EC
- ...
-
- To test this, enable WOL on the target machine (BIOS & ethernet card
- configuration), ensure the WOL wire is connected, put the machine into 'soft
- off' (shutdown on Windows, shutdown -h on unix) and run hpwake:
-
- 41.Ram Disk:> hpwake 00:40:95:00:09:CD
-
- ... will bring the machine 'avan', listed above, out of power down.
-
-
-
- The source is a straight compile with gcc (hence needs ixemul) from a wake
- program intended for HP-UX. It appears to be freeware. Anyone with gcc can make
- their own binary, this Aminet upload is for the convenience of those who don't
- have gcc.
-