Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:59:28 -0800 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Kent Hauser" <kent@khauser.net>, "Walker" <zflyer@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Wake-on-LAN and the em driver (freebsd 7.x) Message-ID: <BMEDLGAENEKCJFGODFOCOEIKCFAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <6004effe0803311143x1d9a733etd73e909849ce0f83@mail.gmail.com>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Kent Hauser > Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 10:44 AM > To: Walker > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Wake-on-LAN and the em driver (freebsd 7.x) > > > 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 Go to any win98 system and open a command window then type "format a: /s" to create a bootable DOS floppy. There are bootable cd rom dos images on the net if your system doesen't have a floppy. Ted
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