Sharpe, Sam J wrote: >> How exactly is one meant to "wake from LAN". > One uses Magic Packets. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake-on-LAN > > To do this, first install a wol client on another machine to broadcast > the wakeup: > # yum -y install wol > > Then read about the options: > http://linux.die.net/man/1/wol > > Then one wakes the target machine... Thanks very much. That worked perfectly: ---------------------------------------- [tim@mary Download]$ sudo wol 00:24:81:b2:9a:e8 Waking up 00:24:81:b2:9a:e8... [tim@mary Download]$ ping althea PING althea (192.168.2.8) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from althea (192.168.2.8): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=4.72 ms ---------------------------------------- -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College Dublin -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
