From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 31 21:58:29 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4F9E1065673 for ; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:58:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D9918FC26 for ; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:58:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from TEDSDSK (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id m2VLwRmr009452; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:58:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Kent Hauser" , "Walker" Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:59:28 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1914 In-Reply-To: <6004effe0803311143x1d9a733etd73e909849ce0f83@mail.gmail.com> Importance: Normal X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]); Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:58:29 -0700 (PDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Wake-on-LAN and the em driver (freebsd 7.x) 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: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:58:29 -0000 > -----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 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