Peter Steele wrote in news:0c2b3482-df46-4324-8bf9-2c45d3f6b...@googlegroups.com in comp.lang.python:
> On Monday, January 21, 2013 1:10:06 AM UTC-8, Rob Williscroft wrote: >> Peter Steele wrote in >> >> news:f37ccb35-8439-42cd-a063-962249b44...@googlegroups.com in >> >> comp.lang.python: >> >> > I want to write a program in Python that sends a broadcast message [snip] >> This is part of my Wake-On-Lan script: >> >> def WOL_by_mac( mac, ip = '<broadcast>', port = 9 ): [snip] > Thanks for the code sample. Does this code work if the box has no IP > or default route assigned? I'm away from the office at the moment so I > can't test this. No idea, but the sockets system must be up and running before the card (interface) has an IP (otherwise how would it ever get assigned) and I presume DHCP works in a similar manner. However the "route assignemt" is irrelevent, broadcast messages never get routed. Rob -- -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
