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Re: "lost carrier" msg w/ ifconfig (was: X display damaged afterifconfig)
> From: Ignatios Souvatzis <is%jocelyn.rhein.de@localhost>
> Date: 2000-04-14 14:32:15 -0700
> To: port-amiga%netbsd.org@localhost, tech-net%netbsd.org@localhost
> Subject: Re: "lost carrier" msg w/ ifconfig (was: X display damaged
> afterifconfig)
> In-reply-to: <20000414232156.A441%maus.local.net@localhost>; from Ingolf Koch
> on
> Fri,Apr 14, 2000 at 11:21:56PM +0200
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>
> On Fri, Apr 14, 2000 at 11:21:56PM +0200, Ingolf Koch wrote:
> >
> > BTW, is there really something like a carrier for 10base2
> > (i.e. the _unused_ interface of the card)?
>
> ISTR there is a heartbeat signal on Good Old Ethernet.
IIRC, there is a heartbeat for "local" communication to the
tranceiver at the end of a "dongle", but that's it. For 10Base2, you
have no indication of the presence of a network (beyond the
indication of a really high number of errors :-]) (if you're not
terminated).
Regards,
Justin
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