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September 5, 2010 09:53 PM

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addcul

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hello

my ethernet lights are flashing every 10 to 15 seconds and i think this is what is keeping my hd spinning all the time. i think because the pp thinks its being accessed by something it would the reset the timer on the spin down on the hd keeping it spinning 24/7. my router is a netgear dg834n.... i had a wd my book world network hd that also was on 24/7 so the only thing i can think is that its the router but i cant find any info about it and if i can stop it.... can anyone help.... thanks

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October 10, 2010 7:14 PM

This is an issue that the pogo folk have been ignoring for months. I've searched these and other forums; no help. They're not interested in providing support, apparently. Watch to see if one of their admins replies to this post (OK, they might come on and say "we're working on it!" or "I'll pass it along!" but rest assured, nothing will come of it.)

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October 11, 2010 1:48 PM

Hello,

The ethernet lights will flash periodically even when you're not using it. This is because:

1) It may check for firmware upgrades from time to time.
2) To notify us that the device is online(for the webUI to work properly), it periodically sends us UDP packets.

If your HD comes to a complete halt when not in use connected to your computer, but never stops when connected to the Pogoplug(and NO media processing is happening), please make a support ticket with the brand & model of the drive so that we have a list. We may be able to create a workaround for those kind of drives. Also, please let us know if you had to install the drive vendor's software on your computer.

Thanks,

The only limit to the Pogoplug is your imagination... and C skills... and linux skills. ^_^ h\t\tp://download.pogoplug.com/opensource/pogoplug-gcc.tar.bz2

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