Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 07:45:23 -0600 (MDT) From: "Peter" <fbsdq@peterk.org> To: "Paul Schmehl" <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> Cc: Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com>, #freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Wake-on-LAN support in FreeBSD? Message-ID: <07d1e740c107f33b8c1b4985efeba0ad.squirrel@webmail.pknet.net> In-Reply-To: <D9C95336FD403876E6364160@Macintosh-2.local> References: <17798633.2121242080310610.JavaMail.HALO$@halo> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905120105020.10200@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <ade45ae90905111906s64dc9592ud40b92918c3af8bb@mail.gmail.com> <D9C95336FD403876E6364160@Macintosh-2.local>
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> --On May 11, 2009 8:06:41 PM -0600 Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I've read Google, I've done my research, and know that what I say is the >> last word. They've exampled how WOL works, and as I said, it's a mode >> the NIC gets set to and then the ACPI shuts the power off. >> >> Without this mode, the WOL packets get to it, but it doesn't consider >> them magic, and as a result, it will not power on the box. >> >> There were some examples, but not enough testing/any testing results >> were >> posted online so I assume the poster left it stagnant. >> > > Tim, I know nothing about WOL on FreeBSD, but according to the wiki, > development just started in 8 CURRENT: > http://wiki.freebsd.org/WakeOnLan > > So unless you're running CURRENT, it doesn't look like you're going to > have any success trying to get it to work. Even if you have 8 CURRENT, > you'll still need to figure out if your NIC is supported yet, or write the > code yourself if you have that capability. > > Paul Schmehl, If it isn't already > obvious, my opinions are my own > and not those of my employer. Been using WOL on -STABLE since 7.0 I believe [not sure] Currently using WOL on fxp and vr cards [which wiki lists as supported] /usr/ports/net/wol and then: wol -vi 172.20.6.255 00:30:6e:11:f8:45 this box was both public IP and private IP - If I do a wol broadcast on 255.255.255.255 it will not wake up the other box, plugged into same switch - but doing broadcast on local subnet wakes it up.... any ideas? I do have an nvidia card, if I boot the bios/POST ONLY, and not let it go into FreeBSD [hard power off at boot prompt], WOL works [via BIOS]. If I boot up FreeBSD, do graceful shutdown WOL no longer works. ]Peter[
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