No reason. etherwake and wakeonlan will both do the same thing. Use whichever you like.

It should.

Either:
# sudo wakeonlan
or:
$ wakeonlan

@dtgreene

I use it to wash my cloths (j/k)

I shut it down every night.
- Lowers my energy bill. (hey I can buy an extra candy bar or two, until I go see the dentist...)
- Hopefully extends the life of my hardware. (bad enough I don't exercise my duster...the fluffy thing)
- The lights from monitor keep me up at night. (bounces off the wall mounted mirror that takes up the whole wall...don't ask)
- Prefer not to keep a constant connection to the internet when I'm not around. (I'm not paranoid...pretty sure)

- Gave you a +1 since I too am wondering why you got rated down. Someone seems to care too deeply about you. May want to tell them to you can only handle so much love.
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It probably has the opposite effect. Not significant, but booting up is more consuming than a few hours of idling.

No need to change behaviour because of this. I also turn my computer off if I am not going to be using it within a couple of hours.

Just noticed since you mentioned it. Yeah, what gives? This is an interesting question. Also +1'd.

Good info, thanks. Saves me time Googling. :)
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No idea on this either. Guess anonymity allows people to swing that hammer pretty fast and furious.
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