Troubleshooting

Link Integrity LED (AsantéFAST 10/100 and

AsantéNIC-PCI)

The green Link Integrity (LI) LED indicates a valid connection to the net- work. If link integrity is not detected, there is a link failure and the LI LED will be off.The transmit and receive functions of the adapter also will be dis- abled.

State

On

Off

Description

Normal data packets are received or link integrity is detected

No unshielded twisted-pair cable is connected

No power source to hub

Unshielded twisted-pair cable is faulty

Unshielded twisted-pair wire exceeds the recommended length

Data Traffic LED (AsantéFAST 10/100 and AsantéNIC-PCI)

The amber Data Traffic (TX) LED indicates the activity (transmit data) status of the adapter controller board.The LED should blink when data packets are being transmitted from the cable.

State

Description

 

 

Blinking

• Data packets being transmitted

Off

Power off

 

No data packets being transmitted

 

 

 

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Asante Technologies manual Link Integrity LED AsantéFAST 10/100 AsantéNIC-PCI

10/100 specifications

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