Send a magic packet.
abra is a multi-platform command-line tool that sends a magic packet to a computer on the network, waking it from a sleep/powered-off state.
Specify the MAC address of the target computer when you run abra, and a magic packet will be constructed and sent, waking up that (ethernet connected, wake-on-lan supporting) computer:
abra E9:2B:99:3C:00:15
Additional command-line options can be used to specify a network broadcast address and port number to route the packet:
abra -i 192.168.1.255 -p 9 E9:2B:99:3C:00:15
Example run:
abra -i 192.168.1.255 -V E9:2B:99:3C:00:15
abra: magic packet sent!
Summary:
Target: E9:2B:99:3C:00:15
Broadcast Route: 192.168.1.255
Port Number: 7
Note: Currently, only broadcast via ipv4 addresses is supported, ipv6 support coming soon.
All options and their behaviors are described in the 'Usage' section below.
Simple: clone abra, run make (GNU make) in the project root directory.
The resulting binary 'abra' will be located in the project root directory.
Building on Windows requires the MinGW compiler, and make from MSYS (not mingw32-make).
The same procedure applies as on *NIX: clone abra, run make in the project root directory.
The resulting binary 'abra.exe' will be located in the project root directory.
abra - Send a magic packet.
Usage:
abra [-hvI] [-i ip-address] [-p port] mac-address
Mandatory Arguments:
mac-address 48-bit target MAC address.
Optional Arguments:
-i, --ip-address=ADDRESS Target broadcast address (ipv4),
defaults to 255.255.255.255.
-p, --port=PORT Target port,
defaults to 7.
Options:
-h, --help Display help information and exit.
-v, --version Display build information and exit.
-I, --info Same as -V, --version.
-V, --verbose Display a detailed summary on success.
Example:
abra -i 192.168.1.255 -p 9 E9:2B:99:3C:00:15