QNAP® Systems, Inc. (QNAP) today launched the QWU-100 appliance for adding network device management functionality to the Intranet. QWU-100 can be used to perform Wake-on-LAN (WoL), Wake-on-WAN (WoW), and device monitoring across the LAN, enabling streamlined IT administration workflow, saved total cost of ownership (TCO), and utmost peace of mind.

When attached to the LAN, the QWU-100 box will search for, list, and store all devices on the network. Users can send a magic packet to a device for waking it up, or set schedules to periodically perform WoL operations. With QNAP’s myQNAPcloud service, users can sign up a QNAP ID and register the QWU-100 box to the account. The QNAP ID can be used for connecting to the QWU-100 box from the Internet, enabling WoW operations. The QWU-100 box sends an email and/or a push notification* when specified devices are offline, or unknown devices are connected to the LAN.

Ken Cheah, Product Manager of QNAP, said: “The QWU-100 box enables easy WoL and WoW operations, as well as device monitoring functionality for the LAN. This helps IT administrators cut operation costs and increase efficiencies.”

The QWU-100 box provides two Ethernet ports for managing two different subnets. The appliance can be powered by either a USB Type-C port or a PoE connection (Port 1 only).

*The push notification feature will be available with the upcoming software update (1.1.0).

Availability

The QWU-100 network device management appliance is now available. For more information, and to view the full QNAP product lineup, please visit www.qnap.com.