From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 12 02:35:07 2009 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 14940106566B for ; Tue, 12 May 2009 02:35:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com) Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com (cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com [75.180.132.123]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB95E8FC08 for ; Tue, 12 May 2009 02:35:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com) Received: from [192.168.2.102] (really [66.25.23.135]) by cdptpa-omta02.mail.rr.com with ESMTP id <20090512023504479.ZRUL19662@cdptpa-omta02.mail.rr.com>; Tue, 12 May 2009 02:35:05 +0000 Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 21:34:59 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl To: #freebsd-questions Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: <17798633.2121242080310610.JavaMail.HALO$@halo> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.8 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Cc: Tim Judd Subject: Re: Wake-on-LAN support in FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Paul Schmehl List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 02:35:07 -0000 --On May 11, 2009 8:06:41 PM -0600 Tim Judd wrote: > > I've read Google, I've done my research, and know that what I say is the > last word. They've exampled how WOL works, and as I said, it's a mode > the NIC gets set to and then the ACPI shuts the power off. > > Without this mode, the WOL packets get to it, but it doesn't consider > them magic, and as a result, it will not power on the box. > > There were some examples, but not enough testing/any testing results were > posted online so I assume the poster left it stagnant. > Tim, I know nothing about WOL on FreeBSD, but according to the wiki, development just started in 8 CURRENT: http://wiki.freebsd.org/WakeOnLan So unless you're running CURRENT, it doesn't look like you're going to have any success trying to get it to work. Even if you have 8 CURRENT, you'll still need to figure out if your NIC is supported yet, or write the code yourself if you have that capability. Paul Schmehl, If it isn't already obvious, my opinions are my own and not those of my employer. ****************************************** WARNING: Check the headers before replying