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. Install the package luci-app-wol to provide the web interface.

There are two sections setup and target defined for the configuration. Multiple wake on lan targets may exist in the file.

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`	???

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

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'

# Syntax
/etc/init.d/etherwake start <target>
 
# Wake up "popeye"
/etc/init.d/etherwake start popeye

Etherwake configuration

Sections

Setup

Target

Example

Wake target