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

[T B. <tb...@ti...>]

Now that you mention it...  I too have had situations where the cards had 
link lites, but no talk...  But I never had a card that talked with a link 
lite that was dark...

I once found that due to cable length/quality issues, one nic card was 
trying to do 100 mbps and the other 10mbps.  Link lites were on, but 
nobody home...

On Mon, 24 Jun 2002, Arron Cusimano wrote:

> 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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