Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:43:39 -1000 From: "Kent Hauser" <kent@khauser.net> To: Walker <zflyer@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wake-on-LAN and the em driver (freebsd 7.x) Message-ID: <6004effe0803311143x1d9a733etd73e909849ce0f83@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <6293ba970803310823w651de962v3db3bb5a14d5de4f@mail.gmail.com> References: <6004effe0803310331v66092dbag6026eb8903c75922@mail.gmail.com> <6293ba970803310823w651de962v3db3bb5a14d5de4f@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 5:23 AM, Walker <zflyer@gmail.com> wrote: > > FWIW; > > I have two 7.0-RELEASE boxes with single (on board) and dual > (pro/1000) em NICs. WOL works fine on both. > > The link light must be on after FreeBSD shuts down for WOL to work. > You might try using the latest proboot.exe from Intel which allows you > to update the NIC firmware and change its settings. There might be > FreeBSD sysctl knobs that might help as well. > Thanks for the pointer. I tried the proboot.exe utilities, but the must run in a "dos" environment -- not under an XP command window. Is there an easier way? I'm not sure how I'm going to get my machine booted into DOS -- maybe I can find an 8-track player to provide background music while I work. THanks. Kent
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