Enable Wake On LAN on Debian

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Mohammad Zakery

Posted on March 6, 2023

Enable Wake On LAN on Debian

Wake On Lan on Debian

WOL Debian


1.Install ethtool :



sudo apt install ethtool


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2.Checking the Interface :



ip a


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3.Select the interface you want to use. For Example :



enp3s0


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4.Turn wake on lan On Temporarily :



sudo ethtool --change enp3s0 wol g


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5.Check the WOL status of the interface with the following command :



sudo ethtool enp3s0


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6.find the bellow section :



Wake-on: g


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Making wake on lan Permanent

7.find ethtool directory :



which ethtool


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in my os : /usr/sbin/ethtool

8.Create wol.service in /etc/systemd/system/ with the following content.



[Unit]
Description=Enable Wake On Lan

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart = /usr/sbin/ethtool --change enp3s0 wol g

[Install]
WantedBy=basic.target


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9.Enable The Service :



sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable wol.service


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zakery1369
Mohammad Zakery

Posted on March 6, 2023

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