FireTV woke up to etherwake packet -- whew!

From	vallor <vallor@vallor.earth>
Newsgroups	alt.os.linux, comp.mobile.android
Subject	FireTV woke up to etherwake packet -- whew!
Date	2026-06-21 11:47 +0000
Organization	The Unnamed Newswriter
Message-ID	<1118j0c$os7o$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)

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I needed to wake up a remove FireTV (being used for digital signage),
which was apparently in standby, so I couldn't send it commands or
even ping it.

I used etherwake(8) on the tiny Linux box (on the same Wifi
network) to wake it up.

I didn't think it would work, but didn't have anything to loose...
and it worked! \o/

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