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  From: Adam W <woja@optushome.com.au>
  To  : Richard Russell <richardrussell@internode.on.net>
        John Edwards <isplist@adam.com.au>
        linuxsa <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 07:07:37 +1000

RE: WoL and ADSL

Lookin your BIOS - there will be a feature to disable this.

Do you have a normal modem connected to it? Telstra sends a "ping" down each
phone line every 3 minutes to see if it still "works" and this sets
computers off all the time.

As John was trying to say (or did say) disconnect the WOL cable from the
motherboard - you dont need it do you?

another way to disable this function is to pull the lil black plug from the
back of the box :)

Adam W.

> > It doesn't sound like very likely, as WoL has nothing to do
> with IP as far
> > as I know. This is because IP is rarely implemented in hardware
> for PC's,
> > the OS handles it instead.
>
> but... the modem would get the packet for the IP address
> translate it to the
> MAC, and send it to my switch, which would send to my card....
> would it not?
> hmmm...
>
> > The WoL setups I've seen in the past used a wire connecting the
> > motherboard
> > to the NIC, so you could probably disable it easily enough
> physically, if
> > not in the motherboard (or NIC) bios.
>
> PCI 2.2 doesn't need this (apparently), and yes, I could disable it. :)
>
> > Maybe it's some ATX function that wakes on any data to your
> ethernet card?
>
> that would seem even weirder than the WoL explanation... :)
>
> rr
>
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