Categories: Digital Entertainer (EVA8000)
Hi all
Does anyone have any experience with the WakeOnLAN functionality? (it's supposed to be part of the 2.0.159 Firmware)
How does it work?
thanks & regards,
misu
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United StatesIt is to "wake up" your pc or NAS if it's asleep during a scan (manual or nightly) or when trying to play a file that is stored on one of them. The device needs to support WOL and be enabled on the device for it to function properly.
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If I have turned off my EVA, I can call EVA with the IP and EVA is displaying his side yet. The side offers an Icon to turn off/on! If you press this button, EVA is turn on/off! This is WOL or EVA is never off! No realy stand-by!
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United StatesGrony said: If I have turned off my EVA, I can call EVA with the IP and EVA is displaying his side yet. The side offers an Icon to turn off/on! If you press this button, EVA is turn on/off! This is WOL or EVA is never off! No realy stand-by!That is "not" WOL.... The EVA is never really off, just the video/audio output get turned off when you press the power button. If it was totally off it would not do the overnight scans for new media. The only way to power off completely is to pull the power. Netgear advises against this as can damage the power supply.
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Germanypardizzone said: It is to "wake up" your pc or NAS if it's asleep during a scan (manual or nightly) or when trying to play a file that is stored on one of them. The device needs to support WOL and be enabled on the device for it to function properly.
Hi
Sounds good, exactly what I ould need. Now the good question remains if somebody already uses this in a real scenario and can tell something about it (what NAS model, does it work, pitfalls...)
/mihai
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Germanypardizzone said:Grony said: If I have turned off my EVA, I can call EVA with the IP and EVA is displaying his side yet. The side offers an Icon to turn off/on! If you press this button, EVA is turn on/off! This is WOL or EVA is never off! No realy stand-by!That is "not" WOL.... The EVA is never really off, just the video/audio output get turned off when you press the power button. If it was totally off it would not do the overnight scans for new media. The only way to power off completely is to pull the power. Netgear advises against this as can damage the power supply.
I agree with pardizzone here. I understand with WOL that the Eva is on and the NAS is sleeping. Then I try to play some song or try to navigate to the NAS --> this should wake up the NAS.
This is the whole idea behind having a NAS I think these days. A NAS is noisy so you would not put it in your bedroom but in cellar, but then again you do not want to hhave to run to it every time to turn it on, and you don't want to have it on all the time due to the electricity bill ... ;-)
Wonder if anyone uses this setup now?
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United StatesI don't use it myself as I use a WHS that is on all the time (for overnight back ups of my pcs) but have seen posts from people that have successfully used it over on the Netgear support forums. As long as the NAS/pc supports it and they have it implemented to industry standards, it should work. The only downfall that I remember is the delay when waiting for the NAS/pc to wake up. If it doesn't wake up fast enough, say when trying to play a file, the EVA will error out. But trying to play it again will succeed as the device is up by the second try.
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http://forum1.netgear.com/
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