[Cialug] Meaning of ethernet connectivity light

[Dave J. Hala Jr.]

If I remember right, isn't one pair of the wires used for the link?
I think you can have a link light a bad cable. 

I'd switch with a known good cable as a first step. If you are sure you
have a hardware problem then all that is left is your nic, and the port
ethernet port on the actiontec... If your nic used to work, then it
would be safe to assume that the problems lies with ethernet port in the
actiontec.

I believe that it is not uncommon to get a bad actiontec modem.


:) Dave

On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 08:48, Nathan C. Smith wrote:
> That's an interesting question.
> 
> I always thought it meant a link at the physical layer - which could still
> probably happen in a "bad-card" situation, but certainly it varies based on
> card implementations.  Some cards will present a link light before drivers
> are loaded while others will not.
> 
> -Nate
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Vick [mailto:avick at remote-print.com] 
> 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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