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Netwake CLI

Simple Wake-on-LAN utility.

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Usage

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

With Netwake, you can wake up computers over the network using the Wake-on-LAN protocol.

1. Enable Wake-on-LAN on the target computer(s). Note the network card's MAC address.
2. Build the Netwake CLI (see below) or install it with your package manager.
3. Run netwake <mac-address>, e.g. netwake 01:23:45:67:89:ab.

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 use names instead of MAC addresses, create a file at ~/.config/woltab, ~/.woltab, /etc/woltab or set $WOLTAB to a path, then add entries like so:

# mac-address name
12:34:56:78:9a:bc sijmens-pc
34:56:78:9a:bc:de sijmens-rpi

Now you can use netwake sijmens-pc, or even netwake sijmens-pc sijmens-rpi to boot both at once.

Problems? Missing features? Ideas? File an issue!

Building

Should work on any Unix, including Linux and macOS:

cd cli/
make
sudo make install

Author

Sijmen J. Mulder (ik@sjmulder.nl)