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simsan
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Dec 31, 2015
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Wake-On-LAN delay for Backup Job

I have an older "ReadyNAS Ultra 2 Plus" running RAIDiator 4.2.28, and I have configured some backup jobs (using the 'Backup' --> 'Backup Jobs' menu item in the admin web interface). The jobs will suc...
  • simsan's avatar
    Dec 31, 2015

    SOLVED: It turns out the Wake-On-LAN wasn't working after all. Perhaps one of my kids switched the laptop on while I was having a snack :-)

     

    It turned out the MAC address hadn't been correctly configured in the backup Job's Wake-on-LAN configuration after all. It seems the colon (":") symbol between each hex number was important.

     

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