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NAME

wake - send a UDP Wake-On-LAN packet
SYNOPSIS
wake xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx
DESCRIPTION
Command wake broadcasts a UDP Magic Packet to port 7 (Echo Port) containing the specified MAC Address.
NOTES
The wake command uses Winsock to broadcast a UDP packet containing the Magic Packet sequence:
FF FF FF FF FF FF
followed by 16 occurrences of the MAC Address xx xx xx xx xx xx.

On some platforms, Winsock broadcasts UDP packets only on interfaces which do not have a Default Route.

SEE ALSO
arp
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