Chapter 1 Interfaces

ETHERNET Integrated NIC Card LED:Table 3. Integrated NIC LED Indicator

NET

Indication

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

ON

flashes

Indicates activity

 

 

 

ON

constant

Indicates that the link is good at 10 Mbps

 

 

 

ON

constant

Indicates that the link is good at 100 Mbps

 

 

 

WLAN ADAPTER
Wireless Network Indicator

The wireless NIC has 2 bi-color LEDs which can produce three colors each: green, red, and yellow (green and red combined). Table 4 shows the STAT LED states for various sytem conditions:

Table 4. Wireless NIC STAT LED States
System ConditionSTAT LED

 

 

 

 

System is running without an IP

Green, 2 Hz flash

address.

 

 

 

System is running with an IP address.

Green, 1 Hz flash

 

 

System error.

Red 2Hz flash

 

 

System is in upgrade mode with an IP

Yellow, 1 Hz flash

address.

 

 

 

System is in upgrade mode without an

Yellow, 2 Hz flash

IP address.

 

 

 

Table 5 shows the NET LED states for various network conditions when a WLAN card is inserted into the wireless NIC. The NIC (wired) interface will not affect the NET LED while a WLAN card is present.

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