| Title: | Ethernet Volume 3 |
| Moderator: | UPSAR::THOMAS |
| Created: | Thu Oct 08 1992 |
| Last Modified: | Thu May 22 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 914 |
| Total number of notes: | 3047 |
What does the activity LED indicate on an ethernet adaptor ? Is it Rx Tx or both ? Thanks Neil
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| 912.1 | NETCAD::STEFANI | FDDI Adapters R Us | Tue Apr 15 1997 08:59 | 9 | |
>>What does the activity LED indicate on an ethernet adaptor ? Is it Rx Tx or >>both ? Which adapter? You'll find owner's manuals for DIGITAL's Ethernet adapters off ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/digital/adapters - Larry | |||||
| 912.2 | Traditionally, network activity LEDs track Rx... | NETCAD::BATTERSBY | Tue Apr 15 1997 10:06 | 8 | |
I think that in a traditional sense, that network activity LEDs
usually indicate activity on Rx. This doesn't preclude that the RX
line of the isn't also able to "hear" its own adapter transmit. I'll
defer to Larry for specific exceptions in adapter cards, but for almost
all other forms of network interfaces (bridges, repeaters, concentrators
mau's etc.), network activity LEDs are tracking Rx network activity.
Bob
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