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 The default user is called anon and can be changed in auth.py
 
+It goes without saying that Wake-On-LAN must be enabled both in the BIOS and the operating system.
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+The project should also be run as root because the way that it sends Wake-On-LAN packets is similar to how etherwake does it. It doesnt actually send a UDP packet in port 9 but raw ethernet frames directly to the NIC of the device you want to wake up.
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 ## Installation
 
 ```sh