Wake on LAN configuration


The configuration file /etc/config/wol is >wol package and defines hosts to wake when starting the /etc/init.d/wol init script. An alternative opkg-package is etherwake

Please see /etc/crontabs/root to configure crond.


Sections


There is only one section type wol-target defined for the configuration. Multiple wake on lan targets may exist in the file.


Wake on LAN targets


A wol-target section defines the parameters the wol utility is started with. The init script will start one instance of wol for each sectionof this type.

Below is a listing of the parameters defined for this section.

Name

Type

Required

Default

Description

mac

MAC address

yes

(none)

Specifies the MAC address of the host to wake

broadcast

IPv4 address or hostname

no

255.255.255.255

Specifies the target address magic packets are broadcasted to

port

integer

no

40000

Specifies the UDP destination port for magic packets

password

string

no

(none)

Send given SecureON password when waking the host

enabled

boolean

no

1

Don't start wol for this section if set to 0


Example


Example entry to wake a host with the MAC address 00:06:29:4f:e4:b6 in the 192.168.0.0/24 subnet:

config wol-targetoption mac 00:06:29:4f:e4:b6option broadcast 192.168.0.255option enabled 1


Notes


If wol does not work, the etherwake package can be used instead. To wake a host on boot, and put the following command into /etc/rc.local:

etherwake 00:0f:3d:ce:ef:ee

This would wake the host with the MAC address 00:0f:3d:ce:ef:ee.