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Can I send a Wake On LAN packet without broadcasting?
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I am attempting to send WOL packets to a series of machines, which works when the machine sending the packet is connected to the destination by one or more switches, but if the packet needs to cross a router it is eaten. The people responsible for configuring and maintaining the routers/switches ar…
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Wake-On-LAN uses a "magic packet" sent at Layer 2 of the OSI model. Routers need information that is contained at Layer 3 of the OSI model in order to route packets. Switches on the other had are Layer 2 devices, which is why it works when you are j…
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