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. An alternative opkg-package is: wol.
Please see /etc/crontabs/root to configure crond.
Sections
There are two sections setup and target defined for the configuration.
Multiple wake on lan targets may exist in the file.
Setup
config 'etherwake' 'setup'
option 'pathes' '/usr/bin/etherwake /usr/bin/ether-wake'
option 'sudo' 'off'
option 'interface' ''
option 'broadcast' 'off'
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Below is a listing of the parameters defined for this section.
| Name | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
paths |
path | ??? | (none) | path to etherwake binary |
sudo |
boolean | no | off |
Etherwake usually requires sudo |
interface |
string | yes | (none) | On which interface to send the WOL packages |
broadcast |
boolean | no | off |
??? |
Target
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
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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 |
Example
config 'etherwake' 'setup'
option 'paths' '/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'
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Notes
doc/uci/etherwake.txt · Last modified: 2011/09/02 23:56 by written_direcon