A method of imposing execution of a predefined command by a first terminal on a second terminal, in which a relation between an intended internet protocol address and the hardware address of the second terminal is inserted into a translation table in the first terminal and in which a reference to a predefined command is associated with the second hardware address, so that the predefined command is imposed by the first terminal upon the second terminal and is to be executed in the event of being addressed by a predefined message which includes the second hardware address.