In message <16586.5650.280072.779107@mogli.lke.rad.klinikum.rwth-aachen.de>, Ma
rkus W Kilbinger writes:
>Hi!
>
>Should 'shutdown -p now' also turn off nic's ethernet link?
>
>On my i386 with a fxp nic an acpi enabled kernel is able to power down
>the machine with 'shitdown -p ...', but the fxp's ethernet link
>remains active (as I can see on my little network switch).
>
>Is this normal? Is there any parameter/kernel option to control this
>behavior?
>

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

		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb