It will bee cool to have the possibility to wake up the ReadyNas by the network (with magical packet like 'ether-wake MAC ADDR' under linux).
So, it is maybe not possible, because when the readyNas is shutdown, the LAN interface is down ... It is because there is no low power on motherboard after a shutdown ? (no wake up lan ?)
Bump. I also requested the ability to shut down the readynas after a specific delay (or at a specific time).
I'm again transferring a large amount of files to my box tonight but don't want to have to get up in the middle of the night to power it off... so again that ability to shut down at a specific time (or after a delay) would be useful.
Another request for wake-on-lan. Every once in a while, while travelling, I realize I need to access the NAS box over my VPN. I usually turn it off for extended trips, it would be nice to be able to start it up like I do my linux box.
Another request for wake-on-lan. Every once in a while, while travelling, I realize I need to access the NAS box over my VPN. I usually turn it off for extended trips, it would be nice to be able to start it up like I do my linux box.
Disclaim: c3po is an Infrant employee, but I am posting this as an end user, do it for fun only Big Warning: Do it will surely avoid warranty, maybe I should not post it in first place. Do not ask me or Infrant on supporting this. I hope that our community can help each other by study NIC & ReadyNAS WOL interface. Moderator, feel free to remove this post.
As you can see on page 4 of their schematic, WOL cable has only three signals: 1(5V Standby, ATX purple wire) 2(GND, any ATX black wires) 3(52ms positive Wake pulse) The only down side is that we need to invert it before connect to power switch push button
Please, c3po, could you help us with that kind of electronics for our little FAN1 mod? (See Proposal for fan controller issue). I'd surely be one of your beta-testers! 😉
Would just like to ask - at some point if WOL is implemented, will the NV support it with just a firmware upgrade, will a hardware mod be required, or will the NV not be able to be modified to support WOL at all?
If WOL were to be implemented wouldn't it cause serious problems with UPS operations? E.g. NAS has just shut itself down due power outtage when one minute (or so) of UPS power remains, then WOL occurs before power is restored, but UPS still has some charge left. (And since NAS is no longer using the battery it will last a lot longer than the prediceted one minute or so...) So next shutdown will occur during startup and it is propably not a controlled one.
So, it should work in a way that WOL is only accepted if NAS is not on battery at that time. And there might not be a way to detect this when the NAS is shut down. Right?
And I'd rather have the NAS automatically restart itself when the power is restored instead of WOL anyway since my NAS is on 24/7, but I understand that for HW reasons this is not currently possible...
WOL is just like having a human push the button, just a human with virtual hands. You wouldn't disable the on button because the NAS was on battery power, nor would Infrant disable the WOL button.
I haven't tried out the hack yet, but I'm strongly thinking of doing so. I'd gladly buy all my new NVs with this feature built in (thinking of buying up to 4 more) in case any product management folks at Infrant are listening.
(As a side note: my only concern with the product line right now is the apparent lack of cpu resources on the maintenance cpu... in one way, it's nice because you can tell folks "NO it's not a general purpose computer" but if it's getting in the way of read/write performance...)
WOL cannot be supported on current platforms due to hardware limitation. We will consider this feature for future products.
This is an old thread, but I'm glad there is a definitive response from Yoh-dah. If it helps any, I'm a potential buyer sitting on the fence wanting this feature. And it is worth waiting for - before spending my money.
