- Cisco Network Card User's Manual

Connecting 1- and 2-Port Fast Ethernet High-Speed WAN Interface Cards to the Network

Cisco 1- and 2-Port Fast Ethernet HWICs

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Fast Ethernet HWICs LEDs

The Fast Ethernet HWICs use three LEDs per port to indicate full- or half-duplex operation, collisions,

speed, transmit/receive activity, and link status. Figure 1 and Figure 2 show the HWIC-1FE and

HWIC-2FE faceplates, and Table 2 describes the functions of the LEDs.

Figure 1 HWIC-1FE Faceplate

Figure 2 HWIC-2FE Faceplate

FE 0

100

HWIC-1FE

FDX/COL

LINK/ACT

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Table 2 Fast Ethernet HWIC LEDs

LED Meaning States

FDX/COL Duplex/Collision On = Full-duplex

Off = Half-duplex

Blinking = Collision activity

100 Speed On = 100 Mbps

Off = 10 Mbps

LNK/ACT Link Status On = Link pulses detected

Off = No link pulses detected

Blinking = Transmit or receive activity

158060

FE 0

100

HWIC-

2FE

FDX/COL

LINK/ACT

FE 1