Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:56:07 -0600 From: James <oscartheduck@gmail.com> To: Kent Hauser <kent@khauser.net> Cc: Walker <zflyer@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wake-on-LAN and the em driver (freebsd 7.x) Message-ID: <1206989767.6549.18.camel@pclmills.lanl.gov> In-Reply-To: <6004effe0803311143x1d9a733etd73e909849ce0f83@mail.gmail.com> References: <6004effe0803310331v66092dbag6026eb8903c75922@mail.gmail.com> <6293ba970803310823w651de962v3db3bb5a14d5de4f@mail.gmail.com> <6004effe0803311143x1d9a733etd73e909849ce0f83@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, 2008-03-31 at 08:43 -1000, Kent Hauser wrote: > On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 5:23 AM, Walker <zflyer@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > FWIW; > > > > I have two 7.0-RELEASE boxes with single (on board) and dual > > (pro/1000) em NICs. WOL works fine on both. > > > > The link light must be on after FreeBSD shuts down for WOL to work. > > You might try using the latest proboot.exe from Intel which allows you > > to update the NIC firmware and change its settings. There might be > > FreeBSD sysctl knobs that might help as well. > > > > Thanks for the pointer. I tried the proboot.exe utilities, but the must run > in a "dos" environment -- not under an XP command window. > > Is there an easier way? I'm not sure how I'm going to get my machine booted > into DOS -- maybe I can find an 8-track player to provide background music > while I work. > > THanks. Kent Use DOSbox. I've used it to play old DOS games before now, it works well: /usr/ports/emulators/dosbox > _______________________________________________ > 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"
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