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Wake On LAN Help
My first post - Can someone help me understand the WOL feature on a RN102 NAS? I just received the NAS and got it setup yesterday. I expected the NAS to go into some low power mode overnight and ...
WOL indeed allows another device to turn the NAS on if it is turned off - either if manually powered down, or scheduled shutdown.
However, WOL only kicks in when the other device (a PC in your case) sends the NAS a "magic packet". Normal LAN activity won't do it. There are some freeware packages you can download which will send them.
Of course you also need to wait for the NAS to turn on/boot up before you can access it - which does take a while.
However, WOL only kicks in when the other device (a PC in your case) sends the NAS a "magic packet". Normal LAN activity won't do it. There are some freeware packages you can download which will send them.
Of course you also need to wait for the NAS to turn on/boot up before you can access it - which does take a while.
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