From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 12 14:12:04 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 D40801065686 for ; Tue, 12 May 2009 14:12:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsdq@peterk.org) Received: from poshta.pknet.net (poshta.pknet.net [216.241.167.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8B1B88FC20 for ; Tue, 12 May 2009 14:12:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsdq@peterk.org) Received: (qmail 53597 invoked from network); 12 May 2009 13:45:23 -0000 Received: from poshta.pknet.net (HELO pop.pknet.net) (216.241.167.213) by poshta.pknet.net with SMTP; 12 May 2009 13:45:23 -0000 Received: from 216.241.167.212 (SquirrelMail authenticated user fbsdq@peterk.org) by webmail.pknet.net with HTTP; Tue, 12 May 2009 07:45:23 -0600 (MDT) Message-ID: <07d1e740c107f33b8c1b4985efeba0ad.squirrel@webmail.pknet.net> In-Reply-To: References: <17798633.2121242080310610.JavaMail.HALO$@halo> Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 07:45:23 -0600 (MDT) From: "Peter" To: "Paul Schmehl" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.17 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Cc: Tim Judd , #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 14:12:05 -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. Been using WOL on -STABLE since 7.0 I believe [not sure] Currently using WOL on fxp and vr cards [which wiki lists as supported] /usr/ports/net/wol and then: wol -vi 172.20.6.255 00:30:6e:11:f8:45 this box was both public IP and private IP - If I do a wol broadcast on 255.255.255.255 it will not wake up the other box, plugged into same switch - but doing broadcast on local subnet wakes it up.... any ideas? I do have an nvidia card, if I boot the bios/POST ONLY, and not let it go into FreeBSD [hard power off at boot prompt], WOL works [via BIOS]. If I boot up FreeBSD, do graceful shutdown WOL no longer works. ]Peter[