From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Nov 12 23:28:59 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from smtpzilla3.xs4all.nl (smtpzilla3.xs4all.nl [194.109.127.139]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0ED2037B405 for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2001 23:28:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by smtpzilla3.xs4all.nl (8.12.0/8.12.0) with ESMTP id fAD7So1f034947; Tue, 13 Nov 2001 08:28:55 +0100 (CET) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fAD7Smk35675; Tue, 13 Nov 2001 08:28:48 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 08:28:48 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: Darryl Okahata Cc: justin@mac.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: wake up on lan driver support Message-ID: <20011113082848.A35646@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <200111130242.SAA16894@mina.soco.agilent.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200111130242.SAA16894@mina.soco.agilent.com>; from darrylo@soco.agilent.com on Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 06:42:18PM -0800 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 06:42:18PM -0800, Darryl Okahata wrote: > justin@mac.com wrote: > > > I think it requires device driver support because it has to be enabled > > (at least, that's what the devices I know about require). > > No, it does not (at least, not for WOL -- you do need APM in order > to use "halt -p" to turn off the system, though). It does not require > any special driver support on the machine to be woken up, or from the > machine that sends the special wake-on-lan packets. I've been using WOL > since FreeBSD 4.2/4.3 (well, for a short while, at least, until I did an > impressively stupid boneheaded unmentionable that burned out my > motherboard's WOL support ;-(). > > WOL only requires a few things of the machine to be woken up: > > 1. The motherboard must support WOL. > > 2. The LAN card must support WOL. > > 3. You must have connected the special WOL cable between the LAN card > and the motherboard. > > 4. You must have enabled WOL on the motherboard. 5. You must have a power supply that supplies sufficient power on the standby power rail to satisfy the needs of the lan card. Not all PSUs seem to do that. -- | / o / /_ _ email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, The Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message