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by PunchyHamster 34 days ago
you are not getting ARP of hosts that are sleeping in WoL waiting to be ran
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Correct. But it's easier for me to power on a device and let it DHCP request than it is to have to type the mac address in on a d-pad keyboard.
Good luck guessing which's which in busy network, or displaying it on tiny screen.