Re: Wake-on-Lan on OS 9.2.2
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comp.sys.mac.system on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 20:10:36
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In case anyone with the same problem finds this post...
The working G4 was on a 10/100 switch. The sometimes-working G4 was on
a 100 BaseT hub.
I think the problem had to do with the way the different OSes put the
network card to sleep.
If put to sleep from OSX, the sleeping card would still maintain an
active ethernet link with the 100 BaseT hub, and so would see the magic
packet.
If put to sleep from OS9, the sleeping card lost the link to the 100
BaseT hub. However, when I switched it to a 10/100 switch, it
maintains the link even when it's asleep, and so sees the magic packet
and wakes up.
It also works when connected to a 10BaseT switch.
All I can imagine is that the sleeping network card (which is 10/100)
loses its ability to auto-negotiate the link speed when it's put to
sleep from OS9, but somehow keeps that ability when put to sleep from
OSX. When it can't auto-negotiate, it must default to a 10 BaseT
protocol.
This is bizarre, to say the least. I would have thought the asleep
state would be the same whether initiated from OS9 or OSX. It's the
same hardware.
The other possibility is that it had to do with half- vs. full-duplex.
The hub is half-duplex. Both switches are full duplex. Maybe it only
talks full duplex when it is put to sleep from OS9.
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