Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 15:04:38 -0500 From: Eric Schuele <e.schuele@computer.org> To: Eric Schuele <e.schuele@computer.org> Cc: Jonathan Horne <freebsd@dfwlp.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd equivelent to the linux ethtool command? Message-ID: <4543B7D6.8090000@computer.org> In-Reply-To: <4543B6CE.2070609@computer.org> References: <200610281245.40150.freebsd@dfwlp.com> <4543B6CE.2070609@computer.org>
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On 10/28/06 15:00, Eric Schuele wrote: > 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. I just checked the -current manpages and I see no mention there either... so... I dunno. There are a few ports which wakeup machines which support wol. but how to configure it, I guess I'm not much help. > >> >> 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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