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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...
PatrickInd
Apr 25, 2017Aspirant
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.
PatrickInd
Apr 27, 2017Aspirant
Further info to JennC: I tried 6.7.1-T252 (Beta 2), but it did not help, unfortunately.
- PatrickIndApr 27, 2017Aspirant
Further info to Sandshark: I checked the activity LED on the Ethernet port when it was cold. It was not lit. As I mentioned in my post the problem started when I performed the factory default. Could it be that some option in the properties which is important for WOL was deleted with the factory default? I have trouble to believe it's the power brick or the motherboard, since before the factory default it worked properly. So I will continue with the solution which works right now: After the router is rebooted in the night I reboot the ReadyNAS in the night and then it works fine during the day. However, further suggestions are welcome.
- mdgm-ntgrApr 28, 2017NETGEAR Employee Retired
Have you tried disabling WOL, rebooting, the re-enabling it again?
- PatrickIndApr 29, 2017Aspirant
I tried your solution, mdgm, unfortunately no success. :smileysad: Thank you anyway.
- SandsharkApr 28, 2017Sensei - Experienced User
Hard to say, it's an odd set of conditions. Is the router/switch a "green" one? If rebootoing the router causes it to then work, it sounds like the router/switch has disabled the port, thinking that nothing was connected. That would also account for the lack of the LED. Next time, instead of rebooting the router, try unplugging and re-plugging in the NAS ethernet cable, boith to the same and a different port. I don't think anything associated with the firmware could cause the router to abandon the connection, but maybe there is something that's instigated by the NAS to cause it.
- PatrickIndApr 29, 2017Aspirant
Thank you, Sandshark, what do you mean by "green" router. I have unplugged an re-plugged the cable, both to the same and a different port. No difference, WOL not working.
To repeat more precisely what the problem is:
Not working: At 0:15 h the router is rebooted, because I remove the electricity. After that the activity LED on the Ethernet port is not lit. During the day I try the WOL function and it's not working.
Working: At 0:15 h the router is rebooted, because I remove the electricity. At 2.00 AM the ReadyNAS is stared with the power timer function and shut down at 3.00 AM with the power timer fuction. The activity LED on the Ethernet port is lit. During the day I try the WOL function and it's working.
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