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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

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.

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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?). 

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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.

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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

Rig: i7 13700k - - Asus Z790-P Wifi - - RTX 4080 - - 4x16GB 6000MHz - - Samsung 990 Pro 2TB NVMe Boot + Main Programs - - Assorted SATA SSD's for Photo Work - - Corsair RM850x - - Sound BlasterX EA-5 - - Corsair XC8 JTC Edition - - Corsair GPU Full Cover GPU Block - - XT45 X-Flow 420 + UT60 280 rads - - EK XRES RGB PWM - - Fractal Define S2 - - Acer Predator X34 -- Logitech G502 - - Logitech G710+ - - Logitech Z5500 - - LTT Deskpad

 

Headphones/amp/dac: Schiit Lyr 3 - - Fostex TR-X00 - - Sennheiser HD 6xx

 

Homelab/ Media Server: Proxmox VE host - - 512 NVMe Samsung 980 RAID Z1 for VM's/Proxmox boot - - Xeon e5 2660 V4- - Supermicro X10SRF-i - - 128 GB ECC 2133 - - 10x4 TB WD Red RAID Z2 - - Corsair 750D - - Corsair RM650i - - Dell H310 6Gbps SAS HBA - - Intel RES2SC240 SAS Expander - - TreuNAS + many other VM’s

 

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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!

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