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Subject: Re: Etherwake does not wake up a remote machine
From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf-mardorf@riseup.net>
To: ~alpine/users@lists.alpinelinux.org
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2025 10:30:22 +0200
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On Sun, 2025-08-31 at 07:56 +0200, Wolfgang Klein wrote:
> I got a message from Michael who told me:
>=20
> > there is a programm called "ether-wake" it does the same. Because
> > Alpine linux is using busybox for the most it has some miner
> > differences sometimes.
>=20
>=20
> But apk can't find that package:
>=20
>=20
> root@alpine:~# apk add ether-wake

"ether-wake

    ether-wake [-b] [-i iface] [-p aa:bb:cc:dd[:ee:ff]] MAC

    Send a magic packet to wake up sleeping machines. MAC must be a station=
 address (00:11:22:33:44:55) or a hostname with a known 'ethers' entry.

    Options:

            -b              Send wake-up packet to the broadcast address
            -i iface        Interface to use (default eth0)
            -p pass         Append four or six byte password PW to the pack=
et" - https://busybox.net/BusyBox.html