>>>>> "Chris" == Chris Ross <cross+netbsd@distal.com> writes:

    >> Should 'shutdown -p now' also turn off nic's ethernet link?

    Chris>    I would certainly expect that that's normal, or else
    Chris> Wake-On-LAN wouldn't work. As to whether or not it can be
    Chris> controlled, that I'm afraid I don't know. Hopefully someone
    Chris> else can contribute that information.

>>>>> "Steven" == Steven M Bellovin <smb@research.att.com> writes:

    Steven> I wonder if it's a BIOS option. Some BIOSs support "wake
    Steven> on LAN", which means that the NIC card has to be turned on
    Steven> to receive the wakeup packet.

>>>>> "Bill" == Bill Chiarchiaro <wjc@cleartech.com> writes:

    Bill> Does your computer have a "Wake on LAN" feature? Take a look
    Bill> at the BIOS options.

>>>>> "Gilbert" == Gilbert Fernandes <gilbertf@netbsd-fr.org> writes:

    Gilbert> if this is related to wake on lan you will find it in the
    Gilbert> bios. well on my laptop until i turned the wake on lan
    Gilbert> off, the fxp led remained lit even with machine
    Gilbert> powered-off.

Thanks for the comments! Here some additional info's about my problem:

- The 'wake on lan' feature is turned off in the bios.

- Once I had a w98se inst. on this machine which was able to turn off
  the nic's ethernet link. That's why I'm asking...

Markus.