From b291c90fac18429893a5bc9cd87105692707ab45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dan Helfman Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2022 20:06:09 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Capitalize LAN. --- README.md | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 79242f3..911c959 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ Remotely wake up your servers ... as-a-service! **The problem:** Docker prevents bridge-networked containers from sending -wake-on-lan packets outside of the Docker network. That means standard Docker +wake-on-LAN packets outside of the Docker network. That means standard Docker containers can't wake up remote machines. As a work-around, you can put them on the Docker host network, but that has security and interoperability implications—you may not want to expose your containers that way. **The solution:** wake-on-lan-service runs on Docker's host network and sends -wake-on-lan packets *on behalf of* other containers running on a standard +wake-on-LAN packets *on behalf of* other containers running on a standard bridge network. This allows them to wake up remote machines—without themselves having to be on the host network. @@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ Source at https://projects.torsion.org/witten/wake-on-lan-service ## How it works This service listens on a port for TCP requests containing a MAC address to -send a wake-on-lan packet to. It expects plain TCP requests, not HTTP. +send a wake-on-LAN packet to. It expects plain TCP requests, not HTTP. ## Environment variables - * `PORT`: The TCP port to listen on for wake-on-lan requests, defaults to + * `PORT`: The TCP port to listen on for wake-on-LAN requests, defaults to 18888. Don't forget to open this port in your firewall. @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ Alternatively, on Linux, you can try using the IP `172.17.0.1`. ### Home Assistant If you happen to be using Home Assistant in Docker, here's how you might -request wake-on-lan of a remote server via wake-on-lan-service. This example +request wake-on-LAN of a remote server via wake-on-lan-service. This example is of an automation action in your Home Assistant configuration: ```yaml