From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 17 8:47:25 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3880937B407 for ; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 08:47:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from sub21-156.member.dsl-only.net (sub21-156.member.dsl-only.net [63.105.21.156]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4EDE43EB2 for ; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 08:47:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nkinkade@sub21-156.member.dsl-only.net) Received: from nkinkade by sub21-156.member.dsl-only.net with local (Exim 4.10) id 18OKsN-000AcQ-00 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 08:47:23 -0800 Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 08:47:23 -0800 From: Nathan Kinkade To: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Intel Ether Express Pro 100 vs WOL etc? Message-ID: <20021217164723.GA356@sub21-156.member.dsl-only.net> Reply-To: nkinkade@dsl-only.net Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD Questions References: <1040142694.58381.10.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1040142694.58381.10.camel@localhost> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 04:31:34PM +0000, Stacey Roberts wrote: > Hi, > I've just picked up an Intel Ether Express Pro 100 card - chipset > I82559, with WOL MoBo cable included. > > Does the fxp driver for this nic actually make use of any of the > seemingly "optimized for Windows" functionality:- > Advanced management capabilities help lower support costs > Wake on LAN* for remote system wake-up and troubleshooting > Intel? Boot Agent for remote PC deployment > Intel? PROSet II Utility for easy configuration > > Not that I'm looking to do any of that, but its handy to know just > what's possible (or not). > > Thanks > > Stacey The LAN boot funtionality should work, but you will probably have to use etherboot. I had this going recently and used a combination of etherboot and Intel's bootagent software. Although, since the bootagent software only wants to upload it's own code to the EEPROM on the card, I had to create the boot code with etherboot and then somewhat trick Intel's bootagent program to upload it to the card. One other note is that I had to use Intel's old bootagent software. The new version would cause DOS to crash, and I had to search around to find the old program. I can't speak for the other features, but I thought I'd chime in on this one at least. Nathan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message