Talk:Wake-on-LAN (tutorial)

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I believe this will work by using ff:ff:ff: etc. in the mac entry instead of using the actual mac of the machine. At least it does on mine. I believe this will work by using ff:ff:ff: etc. in the mac entry instead of using the actual mac of the machine. At least it does on mine.
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 +Yes - the point is to send a broadcast to wake up the computer; because the arp table will be empty when the computer goes to sleep.
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 +I found that I had to do the ADD first, then the CHANGE - Jake.

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I believe this will work by using ff:ff:ff: etc. in the mac entry instead of using the actual mac of the machine. At least it does on mine.

Yes - the point is to send a broadcast to wake up the computer; because the arp table will be empty when the computer goes to sleep.

I found that I had to do the ADD first, then the CHANGE - Jake.