Installing and Configuring Wake-On-LAN

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Installing and Configuring Wake-On-LAN

Overview

In order to use the Wake-On-LAN (WOL) features, the LAN Card must be properly inserted into a PCI slot on a motherboard that supports WOL Event Management for that slot. If your computer does not support WOL, the LAN Card will operate as an ordinary 10/100 LAN Card. Refer to your computer’s documentation to find out if your computer supports WOL features through the PCI slots. See About Wake-On-LAN Compatibility for more information.

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About Plug-and-Play PCI Technology

The EtherFast® 10/100 LAN Card is designed to run in a 32-bit desktop com- puter equipped with PCI expansion slots. The card is built to the PCI 2.1 standard.

Short for Peripheral Components Interconnect, PCI is a technology that allows special Plug-and-Play expansion cards to be automatically configured by a computer’s BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) once they have been installed. (Refer to your computer’s user guide for more information about its BIOS.)

Sending a Magic Packet

In order to use WOL you need to know the MAC address of the card you wish to “wake”. If you don’t know the MAC address of the PC you are on, turn to to the section on Running the LAN Card’s Diagnostics.

1.Turn off the PC on which you want to test the WOL feature. Go to another PC on the network and log in.

Note: The Diag pro- gram works only if both the PC sending the magic packet and the PC receiving the magic packet are installed with EtherFast® 10/100 LAN Cards.

When a PCI card is used in a computer that supports Plug-and-Play, the card is automatically configured each time the computer is booted. The card's IRQ, I/O address, and other operating parameters are automatically assigned.

There is no easy way to change a Plug-and-Play card's IRQ and other settings outside of the BIOS menu(s) that your computer provides. If the resources that are assigned to your EtherFast card seem to conflict with other devices in your computer, you will need to use your system's BIOS to resolve the con- flicts. If you have problems configuring your BIOS or resolving IRQ or other hardware conflicts, consult your computer’s manual or contact your PC's

2.Go to an MS-DOS prompt. Run the diagnostics program (refer to the sec- tion on Running the LAN Card’s Diagnostics). Press Enter to begin the test.

3.When the test is complete, press F3 and select Send an ACPI Packet.

4.Press the M key. You will be asked for the destination of the magic packet. Enter the MAC address of the PC you want to “wake up” and press Enter.

5.Check to ensure that the PC has woken up.

Testing a Link Change WOL PC

This test will see if your PC responds to a change in the network link state by waking up. Use a configured PC that is on an active network link.

1.Turn your PC off and disconnect it from the network either by turning off the switch or hub.

2.Wait about ten seconds, then turn on the switch. The PC should wake up.

manufacturer for BIOS setup and configuration directions.

Here are some general guidelines to follow when installing a PCI card (such as the EtherFast® 10/100 LAN Card) into your computer:

1.The EtherFast® 10/100 LAN Card should be used in a 32-bit PCI slot that supports PCI Bus Mastering. It cannot be plugged into a PCI Bus Slave slot. Consult your motherboard's documentation for more information on master and slave slots.

2.If loading the EMM386.EXE program in your PC's CONFIG.SYS, you must use version MS-DOS 6.22 or above. If you load an older EMM386.EXE program (below DOS 6.22), your PC will hang up while loading the network driver.

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