Wake on LAN configuration
The configuration file /etc/config/wol is provided by the 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 section of 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-target option mac '00:06:29:4f:e4:b6' option broadcast '192.168.0.255' option 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.