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+Send a broadcast message to all clients of a subnet containing
+a magic packet to boot the machine up.
+
+Usage: wakeup xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
+
+xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx is the MAC address of the machine you want to
+wake up. Can be obtained via "arp -a" (remote) or "ifconfig -a"
+(local),