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Etherwake configuration
The configuration file /etc/config/etherwake is provided by the etherwake package and defines hosts to wake when starting the /etc/init.d/etherwake init script. An alternative opkg-package is: wol.
Please see /etc/crontabs/root to configure crond.
Web interface
Web interface for etherwake, install via
opkg install luci-app-wol
Sections
There are two sections setup and target defined for the configuration.
Multiple wake on lan targets may exist in the file.
Setup
config 'etherwake' 'setup' option 'pathes' '/usr/bin/etherwake /usr/bin/ether-wake' option 'sudo' 'off' option 'interface' '' option 'broadcast' 'off'
Below is a listing of the parameters defined for this section.
| Name | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
pathes | path | ??? | (none) | path to etherwake binary (typo is normal) |
sudo | boolean | no | off | Etherwake usually requires sudo |
interface | string | yes | (none) | On which interface to send the WOL packages |
broadcast | boolean | no | off | ??? |
Target
config 'target' option 'name' 'example' # name for the target option 'mac' '11:22:33:44:55:66' # mac address to wake up option 'password' 'AABBCCDDEEFF' # password in hex without any delimiters option 'wakeonboot' 'off' # wake up on system start, defaults to off
Below is a listing of the parameters defined for this section.
| Name | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
name | string | no | (none) | name of the target |
mac | MAC address | yes | (none) | Specifies the MAC address of the host to wake |
password | string | no | (none) | Send given SecureON password when waking the host |
wakeonboot | boolean | no | off | Don't send WOL packet when booting OpenWrt |
Example
config 'etherwake' 'setup' option 'pathes' '/usr/bin/etherwake' option 'sudo' 'on' option 'interface' 'eth0.2' option 'broadcast' 'on' config 'target' option 'name' 'popeye' option 'mac' '00:22:33:44:55:66' option 'password' 'AABBCCDDEEFF' # password in hex without any delimiters option 'wakeonboot' 'off'
Wake target
# Syntax /etc/init.d/etherwake start <target> # Wake up "popeye" /etc/init.d/etherwake start popeye
docs/guide-user/services/w_o_l/etherwake.txt · Last modified: 2020/02/01 15:44 by thinkchaos
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