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RN104 automatically powering on
Hi, my RN104 auto powered up the other day while not being plugged into the ethernet switch. It's happened a few times previously but it was plugged into a Netgear 16 port unmanaged gigabit switch w...
FWIW, my RN102 does this every now and then too. I don't know why.
It's certainly odd, I've checked the Power on Time and Wake on LAN settings and neither are ticked.
It would be good to know if there's a log I can get to which might show what triggered the power on. I don't have anything else in the house that does this, powers on when not turned on, only my Netgear ReadyNAS. I even wondered if it somehow had some virus/malware on it but that's just speculation.
Thje default condition after a power interruption is on. Is the NAS on an UPS? If not, you likely had a short power fluctuation that caused it. If it is on an UPS, you may have an issue with it. Or, the power brick may be having a problem (though that is unlikely with the NAS unpowered).
There is one other possibility, and it's not a good thing. Internally, the NAS creates the necessary voltages from the input 12V. One of them is called +5VSB. That is the StandBy voltage, and remains on even when the NAS is off. That's because it powers the on/off circuit and the LAN port (so WoL works). If that voltage is failing, then this can also happen. It is not a repairable condition.
Thanks, it's not plugged into a UPS. And most of the time it's not even switched on. It probably gets switched on about a dozen times a year. The power brick and the ethernet cable are always plugged in although for the last couple of months the switch end of the ethernet cable has been left unplugged. Power blips, hmm, not sure. We've got some picky kit here that I would expect to also show signs of an outage no matter how brief and I've not had a power blip here since before I got the RN104.
Are there any logs which I could find by SSHing onto the unit which would help to track down what this might be definitively?
Not sure about the power issue you mentioned so I'd better make sure I've got good backups. Just in case.
If the unit did die, what do you think would be my chances of getting the data off the drives either with or without a replacement RN104 from ebay? The drives aren't reporting any issues.
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