wake_server

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Overview

wake_server is an http endpoint to broadcast WOL packets.

e.g. http://localhost:8080/<comma separated mac address list>?params

Where valid params are:

via: specify the local address or device to send on
remote: specify the remote address to send to (default: 255.255.255.255:9)
pass: specify the wake password for all targets - 12 digit hex number

The wake server is intended to be run as a service. To do this place the following at /lib/systemd/system/wake-server.service

[Unit]
Description=WOL server service

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/wake_server

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

and install the binary at /usr/local/bin/wake_server. Then the usual systemd controls can be used, for example, systemctl start wake-server.