Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 22:07:45 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Jonathan Horne <freebsd@dfwlp.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd equivelent to the linux ethtool command? Message-ID: <20061029030745.GA3839@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <200610281245.40150.freebsd@dfwlp.com> References: <200610281245.40150.freebsd@dfwlp.com>
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In the last episode (Oct 28), Jonathan Horne said: > 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? I didn't even know you could toggle WOL outside of the BIOS. Check there, or maybe your NIC's config page (Ctrl-S during bootup for Intel nics). -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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