Re: Alert on LAN for Linux?

2001-03-23 Thread Eric W. Biederman
Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > things correctly they have enhanced Wake-on-LAN to allow you to do > > things like reset the machine, update the BIOS and such by sending > > magic packets which are interpreted by the network card. Or maybe I am > > Normally 'sending magic packets

Re: Alert on LAN for Linux?

2001-03-23 Thread Eric W. Biederman
Alan Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: things correctly they have enhanced Wake-on-LAN to allow you to do things like reset the machine, update the BIOS and such by sending magic packets which are interpreted by the network card. Or maybe I am Normally 'sending magic packets resets the

Re: Alert on LAN for Linux?

2001-03-21 Thread Alan Cox
> things correctly they have enhanced Wake-on-LAN to allow you to do > things like reset the machine, update the BIOS and such by sending > magic packets which are interpreted by the network card. Or maybe I am Normally 'sending magic packets resets the machine' is considered a feature reported

Re: Alert on LAN for Linux?

2001-03-21 Thread Alan Cox
things correctly they have enhanced Wake-on-LAN to allow you to do things like reset the machine, update the BIOS and such by sending magic packets which are interpreted by the network card. Or maybe I am Normally 'sending magic packets resets the machine' is considered a feature reported to

Re: Alert on LAN for Linux?

2001-03-14 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > Alert on LAN makes the system up from power management type sleep when > there are packets to be processed. Why you would ever have sleep mode on > a server is beyond me. Most professional UPS with Network Management Cards can go a sever to sleep mode

Re: Alert on LAN for Linux?

2001-03-14 Thread Terje Malmedal
[Alan Olsen] > Alert on LAN makes the system up from power management type sleep when > there are packets to be processed. Why you would ever have sleep mode on > a server is beyond me. No, that's Wake on LAN. >From the web page. http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/desktop/alertonlan/ Alert on

Re: Alert on LAN for Linux?

2001-03-14 Thread Terje Malmedal
[Alan Olsen] Alert on LAN makes the system up from power management type sleep when there are packets to be processed. Why you would ever have sleep mode on a server is beyond me. No, that's Wake on LAN. From the web page. http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/desktop/alertonlan/ Alert on LAN

Re: Alert on LAN for Linux?

2001-03-14 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] you wrote: Alert on LAN makes the system up from power management type sleep when there are packets to be processed. Why you would ever have sleep mode on a server is beyond me. Most professional UPS with Network Management Cards can go a sever to sleep mode if

Re: Alert on LAN for Linux?

2001-03-13 Thread Alan Olsen
Alert on LAN makes the system up from power management type sleep when there are packets to be processed. Why you would ever have sleep mode on a server is beyond me. To get wake on lan to work you will probably need the drivers from Intel. They are supposed to be freely available on their

Alert on LAN for Linux?

2001-03-13 Thread Terje Malmedal
Alert on LAN seems to have some useful functionality, if I understand things correctly they have enhanced Wake-on-LAN to allow you to do things like reset the machine, update the BIOS and such by sending magic packets which are interpreted by the network card. Or maybe I am reading too much into

Alert on LAN for Linux?

2001-03-13 Thread Terje Malmedal
Alert on LAN seems to have some useful functionality, if I understand things correctly they have enhanced Wake-on-LAN to allow you to do things like reset the machine, update the BIOS and such by sending magic packets which are interpreted by the network card. Or maybe I am reading too much into

Re: Alert on LAN for Linux?

2001-03-13 Thread Alan Olsen
Alert on LAN makes the system up from power management type sleep when there are packets to be processed. Why you would ever have sleep mode on a server is beyond me. To get wake on lan to work you will probably need the drivers from Intel. They are supposed to be freely available on their