Automatic Wake On LAN for NAS-devices? (1 Viewer)

[mmf]

Hi everyone,

I am currently storing my movies on a local harddisk and one remote target (Windows Home Server). If I want to play the movies on the remote target, I have to start it up manually at the moment.

Isn't it possible to automatically wake on LAN the server e.g. if MovingPictures accesses the remote target to play

1) show a dialogue if MovingPictures should start the remote server
2) starts the server (WOL-packet to server)
3) in a perfect world: also force the server to standby afterwards

Maybe someone could come up with a solution, I think this would be not only helpful to me!

Btw: Saw this solution http://code.google.com/p/wol-powermanager/ maybe this could be helpful!

Thanks

Best regards

MMF

 

[StarWup]

So is this question about your WHS or your new Win8 server?
In Windows 8, WOL is tricky. You may read this http://thedocsworld.net/windows-8-wake-on-lan/ for a solution.

 

[Luca Brasi]

Wol-Powermanager is what you want to go with. Addtionally you should check the cmd feature together with lightsout. It will let you send the whs to sleep when go back to home or enter tv...

 

[Luca Brasi]

And about wol on win 8: It depends on your nic's driver if you will have to disable fast boot or not. Realtek's win8 driver is doing fine with resuming from S4 hybrid.

 

[Schaeklovic]

I think "wake-on-lan" for network-folders should be a core-feature - and would be "state-of-the-art"...

https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/wakeonlan-for-network-folders.109704/

 

[flintstone99]

Hi,

for windows home server there is a great add in called lights out, waking the server when one of the client powers on....

regards
flintstone

 

[Luca Brasi]

Hi flint,

yes, this is well known and well loved ) the request from the ts goes further. He (and a lot of other people like me) need some more functionality like powering up the whs only when you need it from within mp. And also let it go to sleep when you e.g. watch tv.

With wol-powermanager together with the lo console you can do that.