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Sander Versluys
Asked: 2009-07-17 00:58:09 +0800 CST

What does a magic packet look like?

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What does a magic packet contain and what options does the protocol provide?

wake-on-lan ethernet tcpip

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    From the Wikipedia Entry on Wake on LAN

    The Magic Packet is a broadcast frame containing anywhere within its payload 6 bytes of ones (resulting in hexadecimal FF FF FF FF FF FF) followed by sixteen repetitions of the target computer's MAC address.

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