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Wake on LAN, ReadyNAS 102
I have a very strange problem with WOL. When my ReadyNAS is "warm", I am able to start it with WOL. However, when it is "cold", e.g. when I didn't use my ReadyNAS for one day, then WOL is not working. I performed a factory default one year ago and since then the problem is existing. Maybe something was "deleted" on the network card when I performed the factory default. Before I could start the ReadyNAS in my Fritz!Box, but when the ReadyNAS is "cold" this is not working in Fritz!Box any longer. However, when the ReadyNAS is "warm" (meaning it has been running before) it works on Fritz!Box.
I restarted my Fritz!Box, assuming the the problem was when the router is restarted, but as long as the ReadyNAS is "cold" I can start the ReadyNAS with WOL. Only when it's "cold" is doesn't start.
Would be great if anyone could help me, because with my Fritz!Box I was able to start the ReadyNAS from anywhere as long as I had internet-connection.
My firmware is 6.6.1, I use window 10.
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Hello PatrickInd,
Does this work when NAS is cold and you do it locally?
You might want to try 6.7.1-T252 (Beta 2).
Welcome to the community!
Regards,
Thank you, JennC. No, it doesn't work when it's cold and I do it locally.
I have a solution, however, for the moment: After the restart of my router during the night I start the ReadyNAS 102 for one hour with the timetable and then it works. I could start the ReadyNAS 102 over the internet and it also worked fine.
Further info to JennC: I tried 6.7.1-T252 (Beta 2), but it did not help, unfortunately.
When it is cold and won't start up, is the activity LED on the Ethernet port lit? It should be.
WOL relies on 5V standby power. I don't have schematics, but I expect that the NAS has a separate regulator for that. Either it's not getting the proper voltage from the power brick (faulty power brick, possibly not regulating well at low load) or the NAS is not converting to the right voltage (motherboard issue, quite possibly triggered when a capacitor fully discharges).
The power brick is a pretty standard 12V, 5A one. You may already have a compatible one lying around. Or, you can get one cheap. Probably worth trying a new one. If nothing else, you'll end up with a spare.
Thank you. I will check tomorrow morning if the activity LED on the Ethernet port is lit when it is cold. Today I checked it when it was warm and it was lit. I will write here again what the result was.
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