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Wake up ReadyNas by network ?
Hi, It will bee cool to have the possibility to wake up the ReadyNas by the network (with magical packet like 'ether-wake MAC ADDR' under linux). So, it is maybe not possible, because when the r...
No, I think you misunderstand.
WOL is just like having a human push the button, just a human with virtual hands. You wouldn't disable the on button because the NAS was on battery power, nor would Infrant disable the WOL button.
I haven't tried out the hack yet, but I'm strongly thinking of doing so. I'd gladly buy all my new NVs with this feature built in (thinking of buying up to 4 more) in case any product management folks at Infrant are listening.
(As a side note: my only concern with the product line right now is the apparent lack of cpu resources on the maintenance cpu... in one way, it's nice because you can tell folks "NO it's not a general purpose computer" but if it's getting in the way of read/write performance...)
WOL is just like having a human push the button, just a human with virtual hands. You wouldn't disable the on button because the NAS was on battery power, nor would Infrant disable the WOL button.
I haven't tried out the hack yet, but I'm strongly thinking of doing so. I'd gladly buy all my new NVs with this feature built in (thinking of buying up to 4 more) in case any product management folks at Infrant are listening.
(As a side note: my only concern with the product line right now is the apparent lack of cpu resources on the maintenance cpu... in one way, it's nice because you can tell folks "NO it's not a general purpose computer" but if it's getting in the way of read/write performance...)
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