[mythtv-users] OT. WOL for my myth box.

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    > Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 08:55:34 +0100
    > From: "David Watkins" <watkinshome at gmail.com>

    > I've been sending to 192.168.1.255 (interface is 192.168.1.10).  I
    > think that's the broadcast address?

I don't know (since I haven't checked the software you're using)
whether sending to the IP broadcast address is also sending to the
Ethernet-hardware broadcast address, but it's the latter that matters;
the WOL stuff is below the level of IP.  I would -imagine- that any
reasonable IP stack would send IP broadcasts to the hardware broadcast
unless you're deliberately asking for "directed broadcast", but I
dunno in your case.

    > > So you might have one or both of these sorts of things going on;
    > > I'd recommend trying various combinations.  Note that I've been
    > > using the ether-wake.c program by Donald Becker (v1.09 11/12/2003,
    > > www.scyld.com), which I found via a web search.  You could try that,
    > > or use whatever you're using now if it can also broadcast.

    > Yeah I've used that, and several other programmes to try and send the
    > wakeup.  I think the problems with the listening end.

I'm sure that ether-wake.c with the broadcast flag, sent under Ubuntu
Hoary, -will- wake up the machines that required broadcast, assuming
they hadn't been allowed to boot Breezy since power-on.  No direct
experience w/other configurations, but good luck.