It is further alleged that on or about Thu, 2 Mar 2006 08:43:28 -0500,
in alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt, the queezy keyboard of "BP"
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[email protected]> spewed the following:
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||> BP wrote:
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|>>>BP wrote:
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|>>>>>It is further alleged that on or about Tue, 28 Feb 2006 17:52:29
|>>>>>-0500, in alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt, the queezy keyboard of "BP"
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[email protected]> spewed the following:
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|>>>>>||>>>>>|I thought I did. I'm trying to get the LAN NIC to turn off when I shut
|>>>>>down.
|>>>>>|I've got everything disabled and the thing still stays on. I was
|>>>>>hoping I
|>>>>>|missed something obvious. It's got to be a damned XP Networking
|>>>>>setting
|>>>>>|somewhere. Fate worse than death.
|>>>>>In XP, go to Network Connections, right click the adapter, properties.
|>>>>>Click the Advanced tab, there is a wake on LAN from power off setting.
|>>>>>--
|>>>>
|>>>>
|>>>>I've done that previously. There are two settings related to waking:
|>>>>"Wake on Link" = disabled , "Wake on Settings" = OS Controlled. I did
|>>>>change "wake on settings" to Disabled, no change.
|>>>>I am almost sure that I've got all of the BIOS and OS settings correct.
|>>>>The demon just does not repond normally.
|>>>>Now I'm thinking I may need to reinstall the adapter, assuming a driver
|>>>>corruption. Kidding myself?
|>>>
|>>>Is the NIC waking the computer up or are you just trying to get the LED
|>>>to go out?
|>>>
|>>
|>>
|>> The (on-board) NIC is not waking the computer up.
|>
|> OK, well, the reason I asked is a setting that 'disables' wake on LAN can
|> be 'disabling' it without necessarily powering it down.
|>
|>> I am trying to get the LED on the NIC to go out.
|>> But, I want the second computer that is networked to this computer to:
|>> 1) Stop reporting that the LAN is connected, when it is not (the computer
|>> is off, not standby, not hibernate: off).
|>> 2) Report that "a network cable is unplugged" when the computer is shut
|>> off.
|>> Neither will happen as long as the NIC is powered on when the computer is
|>> shut down. So it's not just a matter of getting the LED to go out, it's a
|>> matter of getting the NIC to shut off.
|>> The second computer shuts down completely and is the ICS computer, so
|>> I've eliminated the possibility that it is still communicating with the
|>> problem box after shutdown.
|>> Thanks
|>
|> It's not 'communicating' with the 'problem' machine if it isn't on,
|> regardless of the NIC being powered, if that's your worry.
|>
|Not worried about that. I want to get the NIC to turn off.
Unplug it.