NETWAKE(1)

NAME
netwake - simple Wake-on-LAN utility

SYNOPSIS
netwake [-V] mac-address| name ...

DESCRIPTION
Turns on computers remotely by sending them Wake-on-LAN packets. The computers must be on the same network and have WOL enabled in their firmware.

Multiple targets can be passed. If an error occurs, a message is printed and execution continues with the next target.

With -V, netwake prints its version number and exits.

To wake a computer by name instead of its MAC address, create a file at any of these locations:

$WOLTAB
~/.config/woltab ($XDG_HOME_CONFIG/woltab)
~/.woltab
/usr/pkg/etc/woltab

Add mac-address/name pairs, one per line, separated by whitespace. See EXAMPLES.

EXIT STATUS
Exits with the number of failures (so 0 if no error occurs).

EXAMPLES
Wake a computer by its MAC address:

    $ netwake 12:34:56:78:9a:bc

Multiple, by name:

    $ cat ~/.woltab
    12:34:56:78:9a:bc sijmens-pc
    34:56:78:9a:bc:de sijmens-rpi
    $ netwake sijmens-pc sijmens-pi

AUTHORS
Sijmen J. Mulder <ik@sjmulder.nl>