Re: What Upnp Server?

"John Williamson" <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> Michael Chare wrote:
>
>>
>> One advantage of the ReadyNAS Duo is that it can be programmed to go to
>> sleep at night, and then wake up. I am not sure if any PC would do that.
>> It will also spin-down the disks are a period of inactivity.
>>
>>
> All PCs can be set to spin down the hard drives after a preset period of
> inactivity. If running Windows, most will support waking from hibernation
> at a given time on instruction from the Windows task scheduler, and the
> cron daemon in Linux has similar functions. You need to enable the option
> in BIOS, usually, as it's normally off by default.
>
> Most external USB drives automatically spin down after a period of
> inactivity, too.
>
> Most, if not all, PCs using ethernet networking can be set to "Wake on
> LAN" in the BIOS, so any attempt to contact that machine will wake it up.
> Set it to standby at a given time, then use "Wake on LAN" to start it in
> the morning. It's not totally shut down, but power draw is low.
> Hibernating is a better option as far as power is concerned, but may not
> reliably start in time to prevent network timeouts. Using the Wake on LAN
> method ensures that the machine starts whenever it's needed, without user
> input.
>


Thanks for pointing that out. Sadly, I don't think that the BIOS in my old
Dell Dimension XPS R450 supports ACPI.

I doubt that Wake on LAN would work as my HiFi looks for something
advertising Upnp.  A sleeping or hibernating PC would not advertise this
service.

Just for interest, I have been trying to get my more modern PC with an Asus
P5B-V mobo to start at a particular time.  I can configure the RTC time in
the Bios, but so far the PC has failed to start, even after upgrading to the
latest bios version.  I have tried configuring the Vista task scheduler,
again so far without success.  I really need a guide on how to do this just
so that I get it right. Maybe a bit more googling will help.


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Michael Chare
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