Wake-on-LAN via Python?

[mike]

Hey Bablos,

That's an interesting question -- I've always been looking for something 
interesting to do with 'Wake-on-LAN'. (Not that I've found it...)

Anyway, you have to send the 'magic packet' on the wire such that your 
target computer will see the sequence. The magic packet can be any 
message... be it an ethernet frame, or part of a TCP/IP or UDP payload. 
It is merely:

	6 bytes: FF FF FF FF FF FF
	..followed by...
	16 repetitions of the 6-byte MAC address

Neat, huh? And they got a patent for it! A better description is at:
http://www.amd.com/products/npd/overview/20212.html

Cheers,
Mike

On Tuesday, August 14, 2001, at 04:19 PM, Bablos wrote:
> Hi There...
>
> Has anyone managed to implement Wake-on-LAN via Python?  I assume it's
> possible, but I'm not sure what kind of programming would be involved,
> and what kind of information would need to be sent to a machine on a
> LAN in order to wake it up.
>
> Hope someone can point me in the right direction!
>
> Also, does anyone know how to speed up the retrbinary process?  My
> posting regarding this has yet to receive a reply!
>
>
> Bablos.
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