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How To Setup Wake On LAN (WOL) for UNRAID

(assuming onboard NIC and WOL activated in motherboard's BIOS)

Put to sleep​

  1. Webterminal or SSH into server
  2. Type ifconfig and note IP-address and MAC-Address (ether) of used NIC
  3. Type ethtool -s eth0 wol g
  4. Type echo -n mem > /sys/power/state

Wake up using​

MacOS / Linux / Windows​

  1. Download "MiniWOL2" from https://www.tweaking4all.com/home-theatre/miniwol2/ and install
  2. Click miniicon, push "Add" button and name the device to wake (Alias in Menu)
  3. Set "IPv4 Address" (manually or select from ARP List) and "MAC-Address" (manually or click on 'detect') in appropriate fields
  4. Set "Broadcast" 255.255.255.255
  5. Push "Test" to wake-up device (needs to be in sleep mode: see above)

Windows: (ALTERNATIVE)​

  1. Download "wolcmd.exe" from https://www.depicus.com/wake-on-lan/wake-on-lan-cmd and unpack
  2. Open command line prompt and cd to dowload directory
  3. Type wolcmd.exe <ether> <ip-dest> 255.255.255.255

Linux: (ALTERNATIVE)​

  1. Type wakeonlan <MAC-Address> OR
  2. Type wol <MAC-Address>

For Guide assistance, see: https://forums.unraid.net/topic/103531-guide-setup-wol-for-unraid/