On Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 06:42:18PM -0800, Darryl Okahata wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I think it requires device driver support because it has to be enabled > > (at least, that's what the devices I know about require). > > No, it does not (at least, not for WOL -- you do need APM in order > to use "halt -p" to turn off the system, though). It does not require > any special driver support on the machine to be woken up, or from the > machine that sends the special wake-on-lan packets. I've been using WOL > since FreeBSD 4.2/4.3 (well, for a short while, at least, until I did an > impressively stupid boneheaded unmentionable that burned out my > motherboard's WOL support ;-(). > > WOL only requires a few things of the machine to be woken up: > > 1. The motherboard must support WOL. > > 2. The LAN card must support WOL. > > 3. You must have connected the special WOL cable between the LAN card > and the motherboard. > > 4. You must have enabled WOL on the motherboard.
5. You must have a power supply that supplies sufficient power on the standby power rail to satisfy the needs of the lan card. Not all PSUs seem to do that. -- | / o / /_ _ email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, The Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
