usually you need an internal modem with a wake on ring connector and a wake on ring connector on the motherboard to take advantage of this.
*i* dont know of any other way to wake on ring.. nate On Fri, 3 Dec 1999, John Leget wrote: johnjl >Im not 100% sure on this but don't you need an external modem for that feature to johnjl >work ?. You dont mention what type you have, i may be wrong wont be the first time johnjl >and possibly not the last <grin> johnjl > johnjl > johnjl >Cheers johnjl > johnjl >luis wrote: johnjl > johnjl >> hello johnjl >> johnjl >> i continue interested in making my box to power-on-ring johnjl >> johnjl >> i have enabled the option in my BIOS setup: and they say wake-on-ring johnjl >> and assigned the irq to the modem johnjl >> johnjl >> but (as usual) things dont work johnjl >> johnjl >> i have a GA 7IX motherboard, an external acer modem johnjl >> johnjl >> i read in the motherboard manual that there is a jumper (jp 9) that johnjl >> has 2 lines: signal and ground, i have this jumper isolated, i mean, johnjl >> without any conexion johnjl >> johnjl >> has somebody experience in the harware wiring aspect of this topic? johnjl >> how must i wire the jumpers in the motherborad so i could have the johnjl >> parameters of the BIOS working? johnjl >> johnjl >> thanks a lot johnjl >> johnjl >> -- johnjl >> Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null johnjl > johnjl > johnjl >-- johnjl >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null johnjl > ----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336 http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By: http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP http://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- 7:33am up 105 days, 19:15, 2 users, load average: 1.75, 1.76, 1.72