RN104-Gumboe also reported this problem as posted here on 2020-5-23 however was never resolved. I've had this same problem for many years, I think I noticed it soon after purchasing the RN104 in Dec 2014. I am reposting here so people realise:It's NOT an isolated case (several of us are experiencing this problem).Has nothing to do with having a scheduled startup job (I have double checked there are NO scheduled jobs).Has nothing to do with WOL packets as it happens even if ethernet is disconnected.Yes I am running the latest FW.NAS is rarely used or on however every ~month it AUTOMATICALLY (all by itself) turns on for no known reason.Please post here if you also have this problem or know how to solve it.Thanks Nigel

I don't remember the settings but could it be a case of BIOS settings being "upon power returning, power on" rather than "remember last state". What happens if you unplug the power cable and plug it back in? Does the device power on? If so, I would suspect that the reason for the device to power on by itself is because power is lost/restored... If not, no idea :-)

RE: What happens if you unplug the power cable and plug it back in?Just unplugged from mains (left unplugged for 30 seconds to ensure all capacitive power had disspated) then plugged back in and the RN104 did not power on. This proves the automatic power ons are not due any "Resume state after power failure" BIOS type setting.

nasnc wrote: NAS is rarely used or on however every ~month it AUTOMATICALLY (all by itself) turns on for no known reason. Please post here if you also have this problem or know how to solve it. My RN102 turns on about once a month on its own - the last two times were 2 May and 1 April this year. Its running 6.10.4 firmware. There's no obvious cause, but I haven't looked that extensively into it either. I just power it down again. I think it must be something scheduled in the bios/uefi, and I don't know of any way to query that in a booted system. A workaround is to schedule power down (as an event) regularly, so it doesn't stay up too long when it does occur.

A "brown out" may be more likely to cause this than full power loss. There is a separate power source (3.3VSB) in the NAS that powers the NIC and power-on circuits. If it were to drop below some threshold but not low enough for a proper reset of the circuit and return to full level, it might cause the power on to falsely trigger. If the NAS is on an UPS, then that's likely not it unless the power brick itself is misbehaving. I have a 102 and 212 that do not exhibit this behavior. They are on an UPS.

Unlikely due to brown out as it sits under the TV and I saw it turn on once but there wasn't a noticable brown out.

RN104 automatically powering on (you are not alone)

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DEADDEADBEEF
Apprentice
May 10, 2021
I don't remember the settings but could it be a case of BIOS settings being "upon power returning, power on" rather than "remember last state".

What happens if you unplug the power cable and plug it back in? Does the device power on? If so, I would suspect that the reason for the device to power on by itself is because power is lost/restored... If not, no idea :-)
- nasnc
  Aspirant
  May 10, 2021
  RE: What happens if you unplug the power cable and plug it back in?
  Just unplugged from mains (left unplugged for 30 seconds to ensure all capacitive power had disspated) then plugged back in and the RN104 did not power on. This proves the automatic power ons are not due any "Resume state after power failure" BIOS type setting.
StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
May 10, 2021
nasnc wrote:

NAS is rarely used or on however every ~month it AUTOMATICALLY (all by itself) turns on for no known reason.

Please post here if you also have this problem or know how to solve it.

My RN102 turns on about once a month on its own - the last two times were 2 May and 1 April this year. Its running 6.10.4 firmware.

There's no obvious cause, but I haven't looked that extensively into it either. I just power it down again. I think it must be something scheduled in the bios/uefi, and I don't know of any way to query that in a booted system.

A workaround is to schedule power down (as an event) regularly, so it doesn't stay up too long when it does occur.
- Sandshark
  Sensei
  May 10, 2021
  A "brown out" may be more likely to cause this than full power loss. There is a separate power source (3.3VSB) in the NAS that powers the NIC and power-on circuits. If it were to drop below some threshold but not low enough for a proper reset of the circuit and return to full level, it might cause the power on to falsely trigger. If the NAS is on an UPS, then that's likely not it unless the power brick itself is misbehaving. I have a 102 and 212 that do not exhibit this behavior. They are on an UPS.
  - nasnc
    Aspirant
    May 10, 2021
    Unlikely due to brown out as it sits under the TV and I saw it turn on once but there wasn't a noticable brown out.