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--- tools-wol [2023/05/24 22:01] – [Wake on LAN Notes] -add "and Troubleshooting" to subhead hogwild
+++ tools-wol [2023/06/06 17:59] – [Wake on LAN] -condense, formatting hogwild
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 ====== Wake on LAN ======
-This function allows you a send a Wake-on-LAN signal (also known as a "magic packet") to wired devices on your network to wake them up or power them on.  Wake on LAN is generally not supported by wireless devices.
+This function allows you a send a Wake-on-LAN signal (or "magic packet") to wired network devices to wake them or power them on.  Wake on LAN is generally not supported by wireless devices.
 The list of devices on this menu includes:
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   * Devices defined manually in the //Dnsmaq Custom configuration//  field in the Advanced/DHCP/DNS/menu. \\ For example: ''dhcp-host=70:EE:50:37:E8:46,myhostnamein''
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+ \\ Some devices might appear on this menu without their hostname defined/displayed. You can work around this by defining them manually in the //Dnsmasq Custom configuration//  field, as described above.
-Some devices might appear on this menu without their hostname defined/displayed. You can work around this by defining them manually in the //Dnsmasq Custom configuration//  field, as described above.
 \\ There are two ways to send a magic packet to a device on your network:
-  - Click anywhere in the list on the device you want to wake. After clicking, the **Wake Up** button briefly will gray out, and then return. This indicates a magic packet was just sent to that device's MAC address.
+  - Click anywhere in the list on the device you want to wake. The **Wake Up** button briefly will grey out, then return.  \\ This indicates a magic packet was just sent to that device's MAC address. \\
-  - Type the desired MAC addresses of the devices to be awakened into the **MAC Address List** box, and then click the **Wake Up** button. \\  Note that the **Wake Up** button also serves to save the contents of the **MAC Address List** box to be remembered for future use.
+  - Type the desired MAC addresses of the devices to wake into the **MAC Address List** box, and then click **Wake Up**. \\  Note that the **Wake Up** button also serves to save the contents of the **MAC Address List** box to be remembered for future use.
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