Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 21:18:30 -0600 From: Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com> To: Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> Cc: #freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Wake-on-LAN support in FreeBSD? Message-ID: <ade45ae90905112018r5e7d3a26v57cc598a67c1c4ca@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <D9C95336FD403876E6364160@Macintosh-2.local> References: <17798633.2121242080310610.JavaMail.HALO$@halo> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905120105020.10200@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <ade45ae90905111906s64dc9592ud40b92918c3af8bb@mail.gmail.com> <D9C95336FD403876E6364160@Macintosh-2.local>
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On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 8:34 PM, Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com>wrote: > --On May 11, 2009 8:06:41 PM -0600 Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com> 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 > > Paul, That's excellent news, and I will remember this as something to look forward to. Seems to be a very important thing to many people and I'm glad we're moving that way. Thank you, Paul for the update. --TJ
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