[vortex] Does Wake on LAN work with 3C905B-COMBO and Suse 7.3?

Steinar Kaaro Steinar.Kaaro@ub.ntnu.no
Mon Nov 25 10:28:01 2002


>| Pretty much everything with WOL more recent than the 905B.
>| The 'B' was one of the earliest WOL designs.
>|
>| Pick up a cheap rtl8139 or ADMtek NIC -- pretty all of the very-low-end
>| NICs use one of rtl8139C, ADMtek AN985 or occasionally the NatSemi
>| DP83815.
>
> But I need a NIC with a BNC interface (10 Base 2) and WOL. As I know, the
> rtl8139 only supports TP.
> The 905B is the only NIC I know, that supports this connection.
>
Why not invest in a small cheap hub with a BNC-connection?

Steinar Kaarų