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> Enable wake-on-LAN with unicast packets (not just magic packets) I didn't know there was more than one type of WOL packet?

• IshKebab 4y ago
  There's not really such a thing as a "WOL packet" exactly. Basically the network interface accepts any old packet, and then maybe wakes up depending on the content of the packet. You can configure it to wake up if it sees any packet (what he did). The problem is networks are rarely completely silent and your machine will just wake up randomly. Which is why they invented "MagicPacket(tm)" which is just any old packet that happens to contain a specific repeated byte pattern. The network card will wake up on any packet that happens to contain that pattern (which shouldn't happen randomly). I don't know why he didn't use MagicPacket, even though he mentioned the problem it solves.
  • 0x457 4y ago
    He explained why: he wanted the server to wake just when someone is tried to SSH to it.
    • IshKebab 4y ago
      Ah yes you are right. I definitely would have done it via some kind of gateway.