On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 8:34 PM, Paul Schmehl <[email protected]>wrote:
> --On May 11, 2009 8:06:41 PM -0600 Tim Judd <[email protected]> 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. > ****************************************** > WARNING: Check the headers before replying > > Paul, That's excellent news, and I will remember this as something to look forward to. Seems to be a very important thing to many people and I'm glad we're moving that way. Thank you, Paul for the update. --TJ _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
