![]() As broadcast mechanisms there is no confirmation about the Magical Packet delivery by the remote target system.Requires the destination or target system/computer MAC address.In order to trigger the Wake On LAN features the following requirements should be met by a Magical Packet. Magical packet is a broadcast frame which works on OSI Layer 2 where it contains the remote system MAC address and FF or 255 values for data.The first 6 bytes contains “FF FF FF FF FF FF” value and then the MAC address of the target system by repeating 16 times. Magic Packet will trigger the start of a system remotely. ![]() When the NIC receives the magical packet the NIC will signal the computer power supply or motherboard to wake-up or boot the system like pressing the power button. The magic packets contains the remote system NIC MAC address where the remote system NIC is only listening to the network in low-power mode even the system is powered down. Wake On Lan (WOL) is ea feature provided the network interface card and motherboard in order to boot a system over a network connection by sending special package which is called as Magic Packet. Wake On LAN is a method that can start the computer from the network. But in some cases, we may need to boot or start the computer from remote by using different techniques. Computers are generally started with the power on/off buttons.
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