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diff --git a/perl-cpan/wakeonlan/DETAILS b/perl-cpan/wakeonlan/DETAILS index db6f763cd4..8b7ba37ff3 100755 --- a/perl-cpan/wakeonlan/DETAILS +++ b/perl-cpan/wakeonlan/DETAILS @@ -12,11 +12,16 @@ SOURCE_DIRECTORY=$BUILD_DIRECTORY/$SPELL-$VERSION cat << EOF WOL is based on the following principle: -When the PC shuts down, the NIC still gets power, and keeps listening on the network for a 'magic' packet to arrive. This packet must contain a certain byte-sequence, but can be encapsulated in any kind of packet (IPX, IP, anything). Take a look at the code for the magic sequence. +When the PC shuts down, the NIC still gets power, and keeps listening on +the network for a 'magic' packet to arrive. This packet must contain a +certain byte-sequence, but can be encapsulated in any kind of packet (IPX, +IP, anything). Take a look at the code for the magic sequence. -This program uses UDP for sending the packet. The complete UDP packet, sent over an ethernet interface, looks something like this: +This program uses UDP for sending the packet. The complete UDP packet, +sent over an ethernet interface, looks something like this: [ethernet header][IP header][UDP header][Magic sequence][CRCS] -The only goal of the script is to send this packet over the network. It expects no returning data, since the NIC only listens, and does not reply anything. +The only goal of the script is to send this packet over the network. It expects +no returning data, since the NIC only listens, and does not reply anything. EOF |