Clarify "ip" and "mac" parameter formats

AlexGustafsson / homebridge-wol

A Wake on Lan plugin for Homebridge

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Clarify "ip" and "mac" parameter formats #45

Closed Rocketeer007 closed 4 years ago

Rocketeer007 commented 6 years ago

The MAC Address should be in the form A1A1A1A1A1A1, not A1:A1:A1:A1:A1:A1 - many other Wake-on-LAN tools expect the later format, so this could be confusing if not documented.

The IP Address option will actually accept a hostname (mypc.local or whatever), which is very useful when the IP address can change.

AlexGustafsson commented 6 years ago

Have you tested the suggested format for compatibility with the wol package we use?

Perhaps we should rather handle any format of the MAC address. Any thoughts?

AlexGustafsson commented 4 years ago

Closing due to inactivity.