2015-04-20, 12:36
(2015-04-20, 08:51)Matt Devo Wrote: simply accessing a network share doesn't send a WoL packet - it needs to be explicitly sent from whatever program needs access to the network share. A better way IMO is to have the external USB HDD connected to a machine that's always on (or your router, if supported) and have the ChromeBox/Kodi access the network share.
Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, my router is Airport Extreme, which is limited in terms of file systems that it supports for disk sharing: FAT16/32 and HFS+, none of which are ideal for sharing large video files. Digging around the Internet, I saw that wol on Chromebox should be possible to setup so it wakes on any package arriving:
http://www.asus.com/support/FAQ/1006299
Would this work?