Help with wake on LAN

[Tim]

On Tue, 2007-07-03 at 10:07 +0200, Adalbert Prokop wrote:
> It might be the case - but at this point I'm not an expert. :) I have 
> noticed that if you activate WOL and the execute ifdown on them some 
> NICs "switch off" completely anyway and some stay active. I guess the 
> reason is different driver implementation but I might be wrong. 

You need a system that supplies enough power to the NIC while the PC is
off (standby, really), for WOL to work.  Some motherboards have jumpers
for how standby power is handled (+VSB - positive Stand By, for
keyboards, mice, other peripherals), and some have headers to to connect
a power lead from the motherboard standby supply to a socket on the NIC.

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2.6.21-1.3228.fc7 i686 i386

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