How To Setup Wake On LAN (WOL) for UNRAID
(assuming onboard NIC and WOL activated in motherboard's BIOS)
Put to sleep​
- Webterminal or SSH into server
- Type
ifconfig
and note IP-address and MAC-Address (ether) of used NIC - Type
ethtool -s eth0 wol g
- Type
echo -n mem > /sys/power/state
Wake up using​
MacOS / Linux / Windows​
- Download "MiniWOL2" from https://www.tweaking4all.com/home-theatre/miniwol2/ and install
- Click miniicon, push "Add" button and name the device to wake (Alias in Menu)
- Set "IPv4 Address" (manually or select from ARP List) and "MAC-Address" (manually or click on 'detect') in appropriate fields
- Set "Broadcast" 255.255.255.255
- Push "Test" to wake-up device (needs to be in sleep mode: see above)
Windows: (ALTERNATIVE)​
- Download "wolcmd.exe" from https://www.depicus.com/wake-on-lan/wake-on-lan-cmd and unpack
- Open command line prompt and cd to dowload directory
- Type
wolcmd.exe <ether> <ip-dest> 255.255.255.255
Linux: (ALTERNATIVE)​
- Type
wakeonlan <MAC-Address>
OR - Type
wol <MAC-Address>
For Guide assistance, see: https://forums.unraid.net/topic/103531-guide-setup-wol-for-unraid/