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Title: Suggestion: Usenet Client & Wake-on-LAN
Post by: Verta on March 06, 2010, 04:10:43 AM
Hi,

I've had my DNS-323 for a few days now and it's been great so far :) I have two suggestions for future features which some other NAS devices have and the DNS-323 would benefit from:

 - Usenet downloading client, this would compliment the BitTorrent & Web/FTP downloader nicely.
 - Wake-on-LAN support, some of us don't always have our PC's on (hence the DNS-323!) but it would be nice to be able to power it on from a remote location (port forwarding to the DNS-323's web page) and then send a magic packet to my desktop to power it up.

Does anyone else agree with me on these features?

Verta.
Title: Re: Suggestion: Usenet Client & Wake-on-LAN
Post by: gunrunnerjohn on March 06, 2010, 07:44:43 AM
I think Usenet Newsgroups are too "manual labor intensive" to do downloading automatically.  I assume you're talking about binary newsgroups?
Title: Re: Suggestion: Usenet Client & Wake-on-LAN
Post by: Verta on March 06, 2010, 10:46:03 AM
I think Usenet Newsgroups are too "manual labor intensive" to do downloading automatically.  I assume you're talking about binary newsgroups?

Indeed I am on about binary newsgroups! I didn't know people still used the text groups these days :p
Title: Re: Suggestion: Usenet Client & Wake-on-LAN
Post by: Tank_Killer on March 06, 2010, 10:59:15 AM
a binary leech client on the DNS (with nzb support) Would be phenominal!  I doubt a basic leech client would be out of scope for the DNS323.  However repair+extract ect..  would definitly be out of the question.

Oh,well.  Newsleecher is very powerful, I doubt I would even use a basic leech client on the dns anyway.

Still love my DNS

I WISH I COULD COPY DIRECTLY FROM THE DNS TO A USB HDD!  THATS IT!
Title: Re: Suggestion: Usenet Client & Wake-on-LAN
Post by: Verta on March 09, 2010, 02:00:21 AM
a binary leech client on the DNS (with nzb support) Would be phenominal!  I doubt a basic leech client would be out of scope for the DNS323.  However repair+extract ect..  would definitly be out of the question.

Oh,well.  Newsleecher is very powerful, I doubt I would even use a basic leech client on the dns anyway.

Still love my DNS

I WISH I COULD COPY DIRECTLY FROM THE DNS TO A USB HDD!  THATS IT!

Yeah, I don't think it would be powerful enough to repair+extract but that can be done on the PC anyway - just having the ability to download with your PC off would be a massive bonus for me (and I'm imagining many others too). NZB support and Newzbin ID support (like SABnzbd+) would be awesome. Infact, with SABnzbd+ being open source and multi platform (and with the DNS-323 running Linux) most of the work is done anyway, if the D-Link devs take the SABnzbd+ code and rip out the repair+extract parts it shouldn't take too much work!
Title: Re: Suggestion: Usenet Client & Wake-on-LAN
Post by: abellofi on March 09, 2010, 02:57:34 PM
I you are able to load the DD-WRT or Tomato firmware on your router, you should have no problem performing WOL.  Simply HTTPS to the router, log-in, and select the WOL tab.