Wake-on-LAN

[Steve]

On 6/4/07, Jonathan Horne <freebsd at dfwlp.com> wrote:
> you definatly have to correct the link-light issue when the system is off,
> otherwise i dont think youll ever get it working.  are there any ACPI standby
> modes in the power section (thats where mine are) in the bios?  S3 seems to
> be the best option.
>
> in freebsd, my into pro100s work without any other intervention (aside from
> setting S3 in the bios, IBM machines), but i have one IBM with a dual port
> pro1000, and its not waking properly right now (but i havent troubleshot that
> one any, as its my server and never turns off anyway).

I'll take a look at my PC BIOS settings.  What I would like is the S5
(soft off) state where the NIC is still active and can WOL, not S3
(suspend to RAM).