From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 17 8:56:55 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 4A05037B401 for ; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 08:56:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from shockwave.systems.pipex.net (shockwave.systems.pipex.net [62.241.160.9]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B41AF43EE1 for ; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 08:56:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from stacey@vickiandstacey.com) Received: from [192.168.1.8] (81-86-129-77.dsl.pipex.com [81.86.129.77]) by shockwave.systems.pipex.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F9271600B69C; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 16:56:50 +0000 (GMT) Subject: Re: Intel Ether Express Pro 100 vs WOL etc? From: Stacey Roberts Reply-To: stacey@vickiandstacey.com To: nkinkade@dsl-only.net Cc: FreeBSD Questions In-Reply-To: <20021217164723.GA356@sub21-156.member.dsl-only.net> References: <1040142694.58381.10.camel@localhost> <20021217164723.GA356@sub21-156.member.dsl-only.net> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1040144211.58381.15.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.0 Date: 17 Dec 2002 16:56:52 +0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 Cheers for that, Nathan. Handy to know these things! Stacey On Tue, 2002-12-17 at 16:47, Nathan Kinkade wrote: > 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 -- Stacey Roberts B.Sc (HONS) Computer Science Web: www.vickiandstacey.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message