netset.exe usage question

[Ednetman]

I am using netset.exe in a syspreped Windowss 2000 SP4 image. I currently have the config file set to:

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[Networking]

[NetAdapters]
Adapter01=Params.Adapter01

[Params.Adapter01]
InfID=*

[NetProtocols]
MS_TCPIP=Params.MS_TCPIP

[Params.MS_TCPIP]
AdapterSections=params.TCPIP.Adapter01
DNS=yes
DNSSuffixSearchOrder= stuff here, stuff here, stuff here, stuff here, stuff here
EnableLMHosts=No

[params.TCPIP.Adapter01]
SpecificTo=adapter01
DNSDomain=Our.Domain
DNSServerSearchOrder=10.10.1.5
DHCP=no
IPAddress=999.999.999.999
SubnetMask=255.0.0.0
DefaultGateway=999.999.999.999

[NetServices]
MS_Server=params.MS_Server

[Params.MS_Server]
optimization=balance

[NetClients]
MS_MSClient=Params.MS_MSClient

[Params.MS_MSClient]
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I want to enable Wake on LAN via this script, does anyone know how to do this?

Thanks

 

[Lemon13]

as long i know wake on lan is set in bios, not in w2k. it wont work with a script.

 

[bcastner]

netset.exe does not intend, nor can, handle settings that are BIOS related, or often, for your question, chipset related.

. See the NIC chipset manufacturer: REALTek, INTEL, IBM, ADMTek, often they offer a low-level configuration tool that is honestly not the job of the OS;

. as Forum member lemon13 mentioned above, often this is a BIOS issue, and netset.exe has no privision to make a BIOS entry.

 

[Ednetman]

Thanks for the info, but I'm not talking about the bios settings, I mean the network card config. I have a picture of what I'm talking about here:

http://computerwizards.iwarp.com/shopping_page.html

I know, it says shopping page, but it's not a shopping page.

 

[bcastner]

Let me be clearer than I was previosly"

WOL is not part of the Windows driver DDK, and there is no provisioning under netset to enable this feature.

 

[Ednetman]

DDK?

?Driver development kit?

Is so, maybe someone at Intel could help me. They are all Intel Proo 100 or Pro 1000 cards. The low level utility you referanced before, do you know if there is one from Intel?

 

[bcastner]

Driver Development Kit.

My concern only is that you likely could write a driver for the Intel board to enable on the board WOL, but this would not transfer to the BIOS settings that also likely would also need to be done to enable the feature. This becomes decidedly iffy, but possible. Not through the Windows driver installation service, but as a seperate application.

It really sounds easier to do it by hand! But I encourage you to try it. Most BIOS contain a hook to read the contents, and rewrite them.

 

[Ednetman]

The BIOS is already configured for Wake on LAN, but will not work if the settings in the above link are not configured at the desktop. When an a workstation is imaged, the network card is almost always redetected and WOL is then disabled. I use the netset utility in a syspreped image to pre-configure most NIC settings, but WOL is still an issue. I have thought about looking at te .inf files to see if WOL can be configured there.