First of all, this is a great little program. I don't have to go through FrontView or my router's webpage to turn off and wake up my NAS. But I've found a few small bugs.
First is that NAS Herder identifies my RN204 as having x86 architecture, when in fact it is ARM based, with the Annapurna Labs 1.4 GHz ARM Cortex A15 Dual Core SoC. Although I can't test it, but since the RN21X systems also use an Annapurna Labs ARM SoC (Quad Core), they are probably also misidentified.
The second problem is that the "Open FrontView" menu item opens the admin page using HTTPS, which results in a certificate error and extra steps to log in. The admin page should be launched using HTTP only. I tested this with a simple URL shortcut and it resulted in the same certificate error as using NAS Herder.
The third item is that it shows my NAS as being 100% full and having "0GB Free" when I still have 46 GB available. Although this is less than 0.5% of the total space, I don't think you should round up the percentage and there is definitely an error in identifying the actual GB free. Microsoft always rounds down in displaying file sizes, even if the file is only 1 byte short of the next whole number.
Also, could you add an option to have NAS Herder show on the taskbar when the window is open?
Although ReadyNAS OS 6 contains the ability to set a power on/off schedule, it would be nice if you could add an option to shutdown the NAS after a set period of being idle. Since these are oriented more for home users as media servers, they aren't used constantly and could be shut down when not in use as Blu-ray players and TVs do now.
Thank you.
Last edit: Jim Fritz 2016-03-23
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As for the first item on misidentification of ARM-based systems, could you post raw response of RAIDar Protocol from you system? It can be copied and pasted from Scan dialog. It won't be hard to fix it.
As for the second item on whether HTTP or HTTPS connection to the admin page, I understand that the page requires HTTPS for security reason and even if I try to connect by HTTP, it will be automatically redireted to HTTPS address. I think that certificate error is due to the lack of certificate in ReadyNAS systems themselves.
As for the third item on the number of free space, it is related to raw response of RAIDar Protocol as well. I will consider it after checking the response.
As for the fourth item on shutdown function after idle, it is a good suggestion. But it will require some amount of coding and testing. So maybe in the future.
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As for the item on misidentification of ARM-based systems, I found the cause of bug. I will fix it.
As for the item on opening FrontView, you are right for the case of OS6 systems. So I will change the scheme to HTTP for the case of OS6 systems.
As for the item on usage number of volumes, the number is picked from the response of RAIDar Protocol without any calculation. So I will keep to use the number as it is.
As for the item on showing icon in talk bar, it is by design.
As for the item on shutdown after idle, the problem is the reliable way to check whether the NAS is currently idle.
Last edit: EMO 2016-04-12
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First of all, this is a great little program. I don't have to go through FrontView or my router's webpage to turn off and wake up my NAS. But I've found a few small bugs.
First is that NAS Herder identifies my RN204 as having x86 architecture, when in fact it is ARM based, with the Annapurna Labs 1.4 GHz ARM Cortex A15 Dual Core SoC. Although I can't test it, but since the RN21X systems also use an Annapurna Labs ARM SoC (Quad Core), they are probably also misidentified.
The second problem is that the "Open FrontView" menu item opens the admin page using HTTPS, which results in a certificate error and extra steps to log in. The admin page should be launched using HTTP only. I tested this with a simple URL shortcut and it resulted in the same certificate error as using NAS Herder.
The third item is that it shows my NAS as being 100% full and having "0GB Free" when I still have 46 GB available. Although this is less than 0.5% of the total space, I don't think you should round up the percentage and there is definitely an error in identifying the actual GB free. Microsoft always rounds down in displaying file sizes, even if the file is only 1 byte short of the next whole number.
Also, could you add an option to have NAS Herder show on the taskbar when the window is open?
Although ReadyNAS OS 6 contains the ability to set a power on/off schedule, it would be nice if you could add an option to shutdown the NAS after a set period of being idle. Since these are oriented more for home users as media servers, they aren't used constantly and could be shut down when not in use as Blu-ray players and TVs do now.
Thank you.
Last edit: Jim Fritz 2016-03-23
Thanks for using this app and for reporting.
As for the first item on misidentification of ARM-based systems, could you post raw response of RAIDar Protocol from you system? It can be copied and pasted from Scan dialog. It won't be hard to fix it.
As for the second item on whether HTTP or HTTPS connection to the admin page, I understand that the page requires HTTPS for security reason and even if I try to connect by HTTP, it will be automatically redireted to HTTPS address. I think that certificate error is due to the lack of certificate in ReadyNAS systems themselves.
As for the third item on the number of free space, it is related to raw response of RAIDar Protocol as well. I will consider it after checking the response.
As for the fourth item on shutdown function after idle, it is a good suggestion. But it will require some amount of coding and testing. So maybe in the future.
I have checked the code.
As for the item on misidentification of ARM-based systems, I found the cause of bug. I will fix it.
As for the item on opening FrontView, you are right for the case of OS6 systems. So I will change the scheme to HTTP for the case of OS6 systems.
As for the item on usage number of volumes, the number is picked from the response of RAIDar Protocol without any calculation. So I will keep to use the number as it is.
As for the item on showing icon in talk bar, it is by design.
As for the item on shutdown after idle, the problem is the reliable way to check whether the NAS is currently idle.
Last edit: EMO 2016-04-12