INSTALLING THE NETWORK CARD

LED Indicators

The EtherPower II 10/100 network card includes four status LED indicators. The “LNK” and “T/R” LEDs are built into the RJ-45 port on all models except the SMC9432FTX, where they are grouped with the “FDX” and “100” LEDs. All the LED indicators are as described in the following figure and table.

Figure 1-2. Status LEDs

LED

Condition

Status

 

 

 

LNK

Green

Indicates a valid 10BASE-T,

 

 

100BASE-TX, or 100BASE-FX link.

 

 

 

 

Off

Power is off or connection is invalid.

 

 

 

T/R

Flashing

Indicates that the network card is

 

Amber

transmitting or receiveing data.

 

 

 

100

Green

Indicates a 100 Mbps connection to

 

 

the network card.

 

 

 

FDX

Amber

Indicates the network card is

 

 

operating in full-duplex mode.

 

 

 

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