[Not Accepted] Wake On LAN option for Interfaces

Feature Requests
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Problem/Justification
(What is the problem you are trying to solve with this feature/improvement or why should it be considered?)
My NAS is only running if it is really needed and later shut down. So I want to start my NAS remotely using the Wake On Lan functionality.

Impact
New (optional) feature to start a NAS remotely.

User Story
Go to “Network” and “Edit” one of the “Interfaces” in the list.

A new option should be (maybe as a drop down) with the following options:
d Disable (wake on nothing) - Default
p Wake on PHY activity
u Wake on unicast messages
m Wake on multicast messages
b Wake on broadcast messages
a Wake on ARP
g Wake on MagicPacket™

This setting can be set using the ethtool (already pre-installed on the system). For more details check:
https://manpages.debian.org/bookworm/ethtool/ethtool.8.en.html#wol

Or this can be set directly in the /etc/network/interfaces.d/ file.

This was originally reported here.

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Would love to see this feature

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Also having the reverse would be nice. I have a second TrueNAS server where the motherboard supports Wake On Lan, but there is not an easy way to settup a task every week to wake up the second server before replication. I am looking at getting a docker container to do that, but it would be nice to have something trusted and built in.

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Thank you for submitting this feature request. After keeping it open to gauge community interest, we’re closing it as it hasn’t received enough votes to prioritize for development.