Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2003 00:21:53 +0100 From: Alexander Mayer <mayerale@weihenstephan.org> To: 510056324034-0001@t-online.de (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Alexander_K=FChn?=) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wake-on-lan support? (WOL) Message-ID: <2DC9B98A-0CC2-11D8-9C5F-000393BE8844@weihenstephan.org> In-Reply-To: <3FA3A1D6.2050106@papendorf-se.de> References: <A95B7B8E-0BAE-11D8-B3A0-0003936A36F6@weihenstephan.org> <3FA3A1D6.2050106@papendorf-se.de>
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Hi, Alexander K=FChn wrote: > powered down. You need to enable it in the PC bios and for some NICs > also in the NIC's BIOS as well (e.g. RTL 8139) using a NIC specific=20 > tool But most drivers in Linux disable WOL per default (on the NIC). It's a=20= common problem: WOL works if I boot into Windows then shutdown. When I=20= shutdown from Linux the PC doesn't wake up. Only a few drivers in Linux=20= 2.4.x (vanilla) provide a kernel option like "enable_wol=3D1", usually=20= you need a kernel patch (if you can find one). Are there similar problems on FreeBSD? Thanks, Alex=
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