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Ntemis
Tutor
Jul 28, 2018
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Wake On Lan doesnt work from eth1.

As the title says i have to connect cable to eth0 to see any lights on after shutdown the unit. Wake on Lan doesnt work when cable is attached to eth1. I have latest ReadyNAS OS 6 v6.9.3 Thank yo...
ReadyNAS OS 6 on Legacy models
  • StephenB's avatar
    StephenB
    Jul 28, 2018
    Ntemis wrote:

     

     I dont get why 1st one works and second one doesnt.

    I tried to explain that - the BIOS simply isn't set up that way.

     

    But I don't get why this matters to you.  Why not just use the first NIC for WoL?

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Ntemis
Tutor
Jul 28, 2018

No its not.

 

Settings for eth1:
    Supported ports: [ TP ]
    Supported link modes:   10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
                            100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
                            1000baseT/Full
    Supported pause frame use: No
    Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
    Advertised link modes:  Not reported
    Advertised pause frame use: No
    Advertised auto-negotiation: No
    Speed: Unknown!
    Duplex: Unknown! (255)
    Port: Twisted Pair
    PHYAD: 0
    Transceiver: internal
    Auto-negotiation: on
    MDI-X: Unknown
    Supports Wake-on: g
    Wake-on: g
    Link detected: no

StephenB's avatar
StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Jul 28, 2018

Netgear says otherwise: https://kb.netgear.com/de/22106/Wie-aktiviere-ich-Wake-on-LAN-auf-dem-ReadyNAS-der-Serie-Ultra-Ultra-Plus-NVX-Pioneer-oder-Pro-Pioneer

 

"Das ReadyNAS-System unterstützt Wake-on-LAN nur am ersten Netzwerkanschluss (LAN 1)" which translates to "The ReadyNAS system supports wake-on-LAN only on the first network port (LAN 1)".

 

Wake-on-Lan requires bios support in addition to support on the NIC itself.

 

Unfortunately Netgear has removed many of the older kb articles (including the english version of this one).

 

  • Ntemis's avatar
    Ntemis
    Tutor
    Jul 28, 2018

    I have the latest bios or do i?

    Version: 06/10/2010 FLAME6-2 V1.1

    BIOS Revision: 8.16

    Is there any newer bios out that can make eth1 wol work?

    • StephenB's avatar
      StephenB
      Guru - Experienced User
      Jul 28, 2018
      Ntemis wrote:

      I have the latest bios or do i?

      Look in bios_settings.log (in the log zip file) and post the date of your bios.

       

      Ntemis wrote:

      Is there any newer bios out that can make eth1 wol work?

      AFAIK there is no bios available that will make eth1 wol work.  Hopefully mdgm-ntgr or another Netgear mod will chime in.

      • Ntemis's avatar
        Ntemis
        Tutor
        Jul 28, 2018

        Both ethX are:

        Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8057 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 10)

         I dont get why 1st one works and second one doesnt.

         

         

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