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OpenBSD 7.9 release · amd64 · Generated 2026-09-09

wol-0.7.1p7

Wake On Lan client

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Description

wol implements Wake On LAN functionality in a small program. It wakes up hardware that is Magic Packet compliant. Consider you have a sleeping or turned-off computer and you want to remotely wake him up. Just type wol MAC-ADDRESS and the host wakes up (OK, it will boot ;-).

Package information

Ports path
net/wol
Package architecture
amd64
Maintainer
The OpenBSD ports mailing-list <ports@openbsd.org>
Categories
net
Available flavors
None listed

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