[Solved]Problem with Wake On Lan and Scheduled power on/of

[vincentvallez]

Hi,

Actually I've got a readyNas 104 with three harddrive (2to + 2to 3to).

My problem is when I activate the schedule power on/off the readynas didn't power off.
It is still on.

And the second problem is that when I schedule the nas to power on an then off (this time it power off), I must use the power button to turn it on.
The Wake on lan feature seems to not working ...

Can you help me please ?

Thank you.

[StephenB]

What WoL application are you using to send the Wake-on-Lan Magic Packet?

[vincentvallez]

I use the windows explorer ...
What application must I use ?

[StephenB]

I think you might be confused on what Wake-on-Lan actually is. It does not automatically wake your NAS when windows explorer tries to browse to it. Devices that support WoL will turn themselves on when they receive a special packet called a "magic packet". Windows doesn't send that packet, you need a small utility that does.

If you google "wake on lan" clients windows you will find several free clients. I don't have any particular one to recommend. You will need to know your ReadyNAS MAC Address. That is the top line on the "network" tab of the administrator UI.

[vincentvallez]

Ok, thanks for your help !
I will try with a software.

I think that windows explorer should be able to send the magic packet ...

Can you help me with my problem about Schedule power on/off ?

[vandermerwe]

What times are you setting for the NAS to power on and off on each day?
Can you post a screenshot of your power timer settings?
What happens when the time reaches your set power off time?
What firmware are you running?

[vincentvallez]

I have no times set actually.
On the scheduler there is two periods when the nas should be off : night and day.
The only thing I can do is to set a period when the nas is on.
But I just want my nas to be off all the time except when I need it. In that case I will power it on with the Wake on lan.

Maybe I should set at least a little period on on the week ?

[vandermerwe]

You have to set some times for the scheduled power on and off to work.
There is no way to just set a power off time. This is a feature that was present in OS4 and will hopefully return in a more versatile power timer in OS 6.2

[vincentvallez]

Ok, thank you for your help.
You just made my day !

I will set just one hour on and everything will be good.
Hope that the 6.2 firmware will be soon available !

[vandermerwe]

The only problem with setting just 1 hour on is that if you're not using the NAS it will power on for 1 hour.
You could perhaps use this hour to do automated backups?
I did say hopefully the power timer will be improved, it may not be of course.
As far as WOL goes, I use this:
http://wol.aquilatech.com on a windows PC, and the Fing app on my ipad.