[Cialug] Meaning of ethernet connectivity light

[John Roach]

Can you ping the actiontech? What is your ifconfig showing for errors?

John Roach 
Information Technology 
Easter Seals Iowa 
(515) 274-1529 Ext. 276 

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-----Original Message-----
From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On
Behalf Of Andrew Vick
Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 8:45 AM
To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
Subject: [Cialug] Meaning of ethernet connectivity light

I've been on the phone with Qwest tech support because I can't connect
my home computer to the internet; it seems that my computer cannot
communicate with the Actiontec modem.  The modem is connected via an
ethernet cable, and the little ethernet light shows green, but tech
support is suggesting that the ethernet card is bad.

Does anyone know how much needs to be working with the card/cable/modem
in order to get the ethernet connection light to go on, or how much can
be wrong before it goes off?  I'm curious about the general case as much
as anything specific to my setup.  How much functionality does that
light indicate?

-Andrew V.
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