Wake-on-Magic-Packet, WOMP is pretty much Wake-on-LAN. Essentially, WOMP allows a network interface to be active even when the computer is asleep. Then, when it gets a specially formatted packet, which we call the magic packet (’cause turning something on when it’s sleeping without hitting a button is pretty cool, right?!?!) can be sent to the IP of the system to fire it up. The magic packet is a packet where the packet payload consists of 6 bytes worth of ones in a row followed by the computers MAC address repeated 16 times. You can enable WOMP for OS X using the Options tab of the Energy System Preference pane. Simply…
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Magic Packets
A Magic Packet is a broadcast frame with 6 bytes of ones (FF FF FF FF FF FF) followed by sixteen repetitions of the target systems Mac address. Magic Packets can be sent as a broadcast packet of any network- and transport-layer protocol. The Mac supports Wake on LAN and therefore a sleeping Mac can be brought to life using a magic packet. There are GUI wrappers that allow you to use Magic Packets, such as WOL, Nudge, etc. Just search for Magic Packet or Wake On LAN on Version Tracker and I’m sure you’ll find plenty… These sometimes work for Windowz too, provided Wake on LAN support has been enabled. …