From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 28 20:00:19 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49F0B16A403 for ; Sat, 28 Oct 2006 20:00:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from e.schuele@computer.org) Received: from alnrmhc11.comcast.net (alnrmhc11.comcast.net [206.18.177.51]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D967443D4C for ; Sat, 28 Oct 2006 20:00:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from e.schuele@computer.org) Received: from [192.168.214.215] (c-24-1-232-64.hsd1.tx.comcast.net[24.1.232.64]) by comcast.net (alnrmhc11) with ESMTP id <20061028200018b1100fj5ije>; Sat, 28 Oct 2006 20:00:18 +0000 Message-ID: <4543B6CE.2070609@computer.org> Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 15:00:14 -0500 From: Eric Schuele User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20061020) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jonathan Horne References: <200610281245.40150.freebsd@dfwlp.com> In-Reply-To: <200610281245.40150.freebsd@dfwlp.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd equivelent to the linux ethtool command? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 20:00:19 -0000 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. > > 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