Jaybird180
Final Approach
I have a troubleshooting issue and a functional change that I need to implement. I'm seeking help in terms of someone to walk me through step-step in resolving. I would agreeable to screen sharing sessions, so this is also somewhat a learning experience as well.
In order of priority:
The Functional Issue- I have a UPS connected to my NAS, (recently purchased) iMAC, and Verizon wireless router/4-port switch. The UPS only supports communications to one device. During power events, the NAS does it what its supposed to an monitors the battery level and determines when to shutdown. I have no communications to my iMAC to safely shut it down, but when not in use it's in sleep mode. I have read online that it's not 100% safe, but better than actively working during a power event. Nevertheless others have described enabling the NAS to command the iMAC to shutdown, but some of the discussion assumes a greater familiarity with Linux command shell than I have. I am also a Mac n00b.
The Troubleshooting Issue- For reasons of usefulness, I have WOL enabled on the NAS. Except that it wakes far too often. My suspicion is that the Verizon supplied switch is too noisy, sending packets to MAC address of the NAS unnecessarily. I tested this by unplugging the ethernet cable and it didn't wake as often. I read on the Synology forum about checking various scheduled tasks and services and so far everything seems to check out, but I'm not sure if I'm missing something. My box has no customization whatsoever. Then there's the possibility that my NAS has been hijacked. FWIW, the NAS has always been this "noisy" and to the best of my knowledge, it's not being advertised outside of my local LAN.
Hoping that one of you great Pilot/ Nerds would be willing and able to help. I'm thinking that it wouldn't take more than an hour to do both???
In order of priority:
The Functional Issue- I have a UPS connected to my NAS, (recently purchased) iMAC, and Verizon wireless router/4-port switch. The UPS only supports communications to one device. During power events, the NAS does it what its supposed to an monitors the battery level and determines when to shutdown. I have no communications to my iMAC to safely shut it down, but when not in use it's in sleep mode. I have read online that it's not 100% safe, but better than actively working during a power event. Nevertheless others have described enabling the NAS to command the iMAC to shutdown, but some of the discussion assumes a greater familiarity with Linux command shell than I have. I am also a Mac n00b.
The Troubleshooting Issue- For reasons of usefulness, I have WOL enabled on the NAS. Except that it wakes far too often. My suspicion is that the Verizon supplied switch is too noisy, sending packets to MAC address of the NAS unnecessarily. I tested this by unplugging the ethernet cable and it didn't wake as often. I read on the Synology forum about checking various scheduled tasks and services and so far everything seems to check out, but I'm not sure if I'm missing something. My box has no customization whatsoever. Then there's the possibility that my NAS has been hijacked. FWIW, the NAS has always been this "noisy" and to the best of my knowledge, it's not being advertised outside of my local LAN.
Hoping that one of you great Pilot/ Nerds would be willing and able to help. I'm thinking that it wouldn't take more than an hour to do both???