From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 12 03:18:51 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 359C7106566B for ; Tue, 12 May 2009 03:18:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tajudd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qy0-f105.google.com (mail-qy0-f105.google.com [209.85.221.105]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD9808FC13 for ; Tue, 12 May 2009 03:18:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tajudd@gmail.com) Received: by qyk3 with SMTP id 3so5081455qyk.3 for ; Mon, 11 May 2009 20:18:50 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=b23IoD4Bl1iISxESh6dx2SNxxUOJ0lhvW/Rb5pIiMBo=; b=U4D2ge5VaCnVTojwQGJE/K63Zyji1QwbjWuI+a1ZApzriTP4eqxxpj533ZLhfgLNpO UUJ8xERvpSGG/6n7oIobQSyfxmGptSZ05eAzn7PkGcn6YoAzGcNSWpy7bLXUT1P+wr7E YRJg0A13PTCSNUg6qOM4ChKUMdj4s4wa58VGw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; b=eG9xazFbpVUDz1+KeHHoY3ZGoDaVB1vrJ7AfsSpCcpFUw1vcFHn4zQsnhLCIl6H+J/ z7pk87hmI8u2eEvaCSdjXBxMHVrgcn/sMQe9GN/sdMT5FJe9Lj5cVpq1RoJIKh4ecfvH bwiqA9EO9QpsuLJikDNRBl+bxiPlNqlv5FR3g= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.95.17 with SMTP id b17mr2917044vcn.95.1242098330184; Mon, 11 May 2009 20:18:50 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <17798633.2121242080310610.JavaMail.HALO$@halo> From: Tim Judd Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 21:18:30 -0600 Message-ID: To: Paul Schmehl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: #freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Wake-on-LAN support in FreeBSD? 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: Tue, 12 May 2009 03:18:51 -0000 On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 8:34 PM, Paul Schmehl wrote: > --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 > > 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