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PatrickInd
Apr 17, 2017Aspirant
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...
Sandshark
Apr 24, 2017Sensei - Experienced User
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.
PatrickInd
Apr 25, 2017Aspirant
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.
- JennCMay 03, 2017NETGEAR Employee Retired
- PatrickIndMay 04, 2017Aspirant
Hi JennC I have updated the new version and will let you know what the results will be.
- PatrickIndMay 17, 2017Aspirant
Hi everybody I have updated the new version but issue is still the same. I will reboot the server once a week and my problem will be solved this way.
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