How Wake-On-LAN works (2020)
https://blog.xaner.dev/post/wake-on-lan/Article
- Explainer on Wake-on-LAN: magic packet format, NIC listening in low-power state
- Covers how the ‘magic packet’ (6x FF + MAC repeated 16x) works
- Published 2020, resurfaced on HN
Discussion
- Commenter shared a minimal bash/netcat WoL script needing no extra packages
- Reader wanted deeper coverage: NIC packet matching, PCIe wakeup, switch routing
- dang flagged an offtopic thread
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