Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 15:00:14 -0500 From: Eric Schuele <e.schuele@computer.org> To: Jonathan Horne <freebsd@dfwlp.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd equivelent to the linux ethtool command? Message-ID: <4543B6CE.2070609@computer.org> In-Reply-To: <200610281245.40150.freebsd@dfwlp.com> References: <200610281245.40150.freebsd@dfwlp.com>
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On 10/28/06 12:45, Jonathan Horne wrote: > i have a computer that recently stopped obeying WOL packets, after i did a > dual boot of freebsd/suse 10.1. before i put suse on there, WOL always > worked just fine. > > apparently, the linux driver for my network card, put the nic in "always off" > mode, and in order to be able to WOL later, i have to shut the linux off > in "wol g" mode (using ethtool, so it can listen for packets later). even in > freebsd now tho, its still not listening for WOL packets. is there something > in freebsd i can use to edit the behavior of the driver, to make sure the nic > powers down in "wol-listen" mode? It looks as if it is in ifconfig in -current. I say that because after a quick google, I see a patch in 2005.. don't know if its really in there or not (as I run -stable). There is no mention of WOL in my 6.2-PRERELEASE man pages for ifconfig. > > thanks, > jonathan > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Regards, Eric
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