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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...
Keith_Beef wrote: So, leaving out WOL was a marketing decision to keep the price down by $5.
The thing is, WOL really is a very convenient feature in home networking. You add some really simple switch to the HTPC interface to send the magic packet to the NAS (like "wake up my media vault").
Simple configuration, simple operation. Even simpler that what I've done for now, with a scheduled wake-up every day at around 15h30 and shutdown at 03h00.
K.
So where it leads? Simply flaming which ain't really needed. I quite sure if it were only 5$ both duo and NV+ would have WoL.
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