From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 12 13:49:36 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 C1EB4106567F for ; Tue, 12 May 2009 13:49:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xi@borderworlds.dk) Received: from kazon.borderworlds.dk (kazon.borderworlds.dk [213.239.213.48]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 760308FC13 for ; Tue, 12 May 2009 13:49:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xi@borderworlds.dk) Received: from vidiian.borderworlds.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kazon.borderworlds.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA2B717187; Tue, 12 May 2009 15:49:34 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4A097E6D.8080604@borderworlds.dk> Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 15:49:33 +0200 From: Christian Laursen User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090427) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Peter Steele References: <6044475.2401242135180402.JavaMail.HALO$@halo> In-Reply-To: <6044475.2401242135180402.JavaMail.HALO$@halo> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Paul Schmehl , #freebsd-questions , Tim Judd 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 13:49:37 -0000 Peter Steele wrote: > I came across that same reference. Unfortunately we're stuck on 7.0. I take it the point of the "wol" command that available in the ports collection is that it can be used to wake any system that supports wake-on-LAN, and these systems can be running any OS. > > So, based on what I've read here and in my searches, for wake-on-LAN to work on a given system, the NIC itself has to support this feature, and in addition the OS has to be able to enable this feature (via the driver for the NIC). It seems likely that when this appears that a new option will be provided for the ifconfig command. In some cases (depending on the NIC and the BIOS) WOL works even without OS support. It might be worth testing before you do anything else. -- Christian Laursen