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Aspirant

Dec 16, 2015

FW 6.4.1 Problems: Power Timer not working

Firstly, you need to know that I'm using a RN102, obviously with FW 6.4.1 loaded. Mostly I'm pleased with the changes made so far, but there are two problems which do need to be solved: As so many ...

NETGEAR Employee Retired

Dec 16, 2015

The unit won't scheduled power off while a backup job is in progress. It should power off once the backup completes if when the backup completes the NAS isn't meant to be back on by then.

Scads
Aspirant
Dec 20, 2015
Thank you for your reply, but this doesn't appear to happen. If backups or snapshots are scheduled, power off does not occur. The new manual clearly suggests that Power Timer off command should take precedence, but each time this is suspended (even though backups or snapshots are not in progress at the time) and does not happen when the events are completed.
This appears to me to be a firmware fault, and was not evident in versions before 6.4.
Scads
- mdgm-ntgr
  NETGEAR Employee Retired
  Dec 21, 2015
  Please send in your logs (see the Sending Logs link in my sig).
  - Skywalker
    NETGEAR Expert
    Dec 21, 2015
    The auto poweroff is getting deferred because one of your backup jobs is reported as being in progress at the time of the scheduled shutdown.