Need help with WOL

[HeroRareheart]

I have a rackmount Dell server downstairs which I need to automatically turn on at a certain time every day. The servers hardware doesn't seem to support a way for it to power itself on automatically but it does support WOL so I want to have another PC on my network, my print server, send a WOL packet when it turns itself on every morning. All the documentation I'm finding for how to use WOL isn't the most clear and I was wondering if someone could point me to a quality guide and maybe offer a few tips.

[LIGISTX]

1 hour ago, HeroRareheart said:

I have a rackmount Dell server downstairs which I need to automatically turn on at a certain time every day. The servers hardware doesn't seem to support a way for it to power itself on automatically but it does support WOL so I want to have another PC on my network, my print server, send a WOL packet when it turns itself on every morning. All the documentation I'm finding for how to use WOL isn't the most clear and I was wondering if someone could point me to a quality guide and maybe offer a few tips.

I have never automated it from anything except linux. I forget the name of it, but there is a apt get…. Something that literally just sends WOL commands. Easy to automate on a cron job. That’s unfortunately the best advice I can offer, not sure how to do it from s print server (unless your print server is linux?). 

[HeroRareheart]

23 hours ago, LIGISTX said:

not sure how to do it from s print server

It's an old PC I put ubuntu onto, so I should be able to do it. If I can find the package I'll edit this post then mark your reply as the solution.

Edited February 2, 2022 by HeroRareheart

[LIGISTX]

8 hours ago, HeroRareheart said:

It's an old PC I put ubuntu onto, so I should be able to do it. If I can find the package I'll edit this post then mark your reply as the solution.

If it’s Ubuntu, you definitely can do it. 
 

https://superuser.com/questions/1134465/how-to-send-a-magic-packet-from-linux-to-windows

[HeroRareheart]

23 hours ago, LIGISTX said:

I have never automated it from anything except linux. I forget the name of it, but there is a apt get…. Something that literally just sends WOL commands. Easy to automate on a cron job. That’s unfortunately the best advice I can offer, not sure how to do it from s print server (unless your print server is linux?). 

I found the package for Ubuntu, it's called etherwake. Like you said I can just set up a cronjob the executes after my print server boots that will send a WOL request to my rackmount server downstairs. Although the assistance was minimal it was exactly what I needed to find what I was just barely unable to find on my own, thanks!