*** Guide *** Setup WOL for UNRAID

[Silscheder]

Goal: Easy remote WOL of my UNRAID server

 

There are a thousand ways to this, however this worked for me and was pretty easy to do:

(some steps might not even be necessary - but doing them anyway does not matter while leaving them out might...)

 

HowTo Setup 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
2. Type "ethtool -s eth0 wol g"
3. Type "echo -n mem > /sys/power/state"

 

*Wake up* using
1. MacOS / Linux / Windows
a) Download "MiniWOL2" from https://www.tweaking4all.com/home-theatre/miniwol2/ and install
b) Click miniicon, push "Add" button and name the device to wake (Alias in Menu)
c) set "IPv4 Address" (manually or select from ARP List) and "MAC-Address" (manually or click on 'detect') in appropriate fields
d) Set "Broadcast" 255.255.255.255
e) Push "Test" to wake-up device (needs to be in sleep mode: see above)

 

2. Windows: (ALTERNATIVE)
a) Download "wolcmd.exe" from https://www.depicus.com/wake-on-lan/wake-on-lan-cmd und unpack
b) Open command line prompt and move to do dowload directory
c) type "wolcmd.exe <ether> <ip-dest> 255.255.255.255    

 

3. Linux: (ALTERNATIVE)
a) Type "wakeonlan <MAC-Address>" OR
b) Type "wol <MAC-Address>"

 

I did not include any explanations on purpose, so if you need any - feel free to google :-)

 

The only intent of posting this guide was hopefully sparing you guys some time if you just want to have it up and running.

Feel free to question and comment.

[simo241]

Hi, i follow you guide using the command "ethtool -s eth0 wol g" and all is working fine however i restart the server and the command has been cancelled the WOL was no longer working i have to retype the command again

[robinkoehler]

I'm having the same question. I understand this line might have to be included in a file, but I need some guidance how to incorporate it in the right place? Thank you in advance!

[Squid]

3 hours ago, robinkoehler said:

I'm having the same question. I understand this line might have to be included in a file, but I need some guidance how to incorporate it in the right place? Thank you in advance!

user scripts plugin or go file

[monkiefone]

On 12/19/2022 at 12:09 PM, Squid said:

user scripts plugin or go file

Hey Squid, loved your recent podcast with Spaceinvader. 

 

Can you elaborate on how this would look in a script please? so far I have only used scrips that have already been created by others from tutorials. 

 

thanks again. 

[Squid]

What ever command you need to use you would enter it into a new script with the User Scripts plugin with its frequency set to be "At Initial Array Start"

 

Alternatively, you can edit the file "go" (/config on the flash drive) and add in the command there.

 

[monkiefone]

Thank you. 

[Sylwester]

Hi,

 

My on board network card doesn't support wake on lan on unraid so I bought USB Network Adapter 2.5Gbp (no pci slots available on motherboard) and I still cant wake up my machine. In bios I have enabled resume by PCI-E devices. Do I need to enable resume by USB as well? If I turn off Unraid the leds on adapter are off. There must be no power. If I use this above command "echo -n mem > /sys/power/state" leds are on but I cant wake up machine any way.