From: Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2006 18:51:25 -0500

> The purpose of WOL is being able to turn on a system remotely, if it is 
> in a power-off or sleep state.
> 
> So, if the system is -on- and the interface is down and/or driver is 
> unloaded, are you saying WOL is a problem somehow?

Stephen is saying that if you down an interface, it should disable
that WoL functionality.

I guess you can argue that, like IP addresses, this WoL thing is an
attribute of the "system".
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