[Trinux-talk] Re: When the device is receiving the heartbeat

[Arron C. <ar...@hg...>]

T Burt wrote:

> Ethernet devices transmit a heartbeat.  When the device is receiving the 
> heartbeat, then it lights the Link lite.  This is your indicator that the 
> two nics are wired together properly.

Heh I had data cabling contractor wire up a building for me, they used 
an electroic tester to check thier work, it was fine. i pluggged in, 
link light came up, but could i ping? no. needless to say i got someone 
else in to do the job.

a warning, just because the link lights on dont mean data can flow...

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