Chris Ross wrote:

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

I had issues with my onboard BCM 4401 NIC where WinXP turns off the
NIC's power during shutdown and NetBSD couldn't switch it on again
(see kern/24911). As I couldn't find any related "wake on LAN" BIOS
option this seems to be totally under OS control, at least for this
board, an ASUS A7V8X.