On 10/20/2010 01:53 PM, Peter Crighton wrote: > On Fri, 08 Oct 2010 16:25:26 -0700, you wrote: > > >> on 10-6-2010 2:27 PM Robert Heller spake the following: >> >>> At Wed, 06 Oct 2010 21:33:25 +0100 CentOS mailing list<centos at centos.org> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> My system is: >>>> Intel CC820 motherboard (which supports PME# wake up for wake on LAN) >>>> 3com 3C905C which also supports wake on LAN via PME# >>>> Linux 5.5 >>>> >>>> The motherboard BIOS is later than one that reports an issue with WOL >>>> and this particular network card was fixed. >>>> >>>> > >>> >> If the card goes dark when the system is off but still plugged in, the card >> does not get its power and signal from the pci bus and will need the header >> cable plugged in. There is no other way... The card HAS to be powered from >> somewhere at all times so it can activate the system. >> > > I have now purchased a WOL cable but that has not helped. > > There are no options in the BIOS for WOL and I have updated to the > latest. > > I have found this page http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=951563 > which refers to using pci-config to force the bus power to be left on > for the card prior to shutting down. Could this be the problem and if > so where do I get pci-config (or the equivalent) for Centos as I can't > identify a package to install that. > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > To get mine to work under fedora I had to run ethtool and turn on the wol option. Also it seemed to get reset after used wol to start it up so in my rc.local I put /sbin/ethtool -s eth1 wol g /sbin/ethtool -s eth0 wol g HTH, Steve -- Stephen Clark *NetWolves* Sr. Software Engineer III Phone: 813-579-3200 Fax: 813-882-0209 Email: steve.clark at netwolves.com http://www.netwolves.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20101020/aec97438/attachment-0004.html>