LAN Boot Rom enabled

[SJ03]

Hello, I am not on a network (just internet). Should my LAN Boot Rom be enabled? OR disabled? or does it make not matter?

 

[joeyhagenaar]

It does'nt matter, when you are using the connection only for internet, you dont need to boot from LAN. You can disable it, but you can choose by yourself.

 

[SJ03]

THANKS...I did not know this one was posted ... I just signed up ... so disregard the duplicate posting that followed it!

 

[outlw6669]

Yup just disable it.
No reason to have it enabled unless you are booting from a network drive.

 

[evongugg]

With some routers you wake up a computer from a remote location.
More info:

Wake-on-LAN

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake-on-LAN

 

[sgeppert]

All of these responses are incorrect - it does not have to do with network booting or Wake-on-LAN.

LAN BootROM has to do with providing gigabit functionality on older operating systems that don't have proper diver support, such as MS-DOS. If your operating system was made after 1999, you should probably leave it disabled, as that will allow your machine to boot faster.

see:
http://www.techarp.com/showfreebog.aspx?lang=0&bogno=425