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Re: [DNA] Definition of "Link Up" and "Link Down" events?
- To: Bernard Aboba <aboba@internaut.com>
- Subject: Re: [DNA] Definition of "Link Up" and "Link Down" events?
- From: Erik Nordmark <erik.nordmark@sun.com>
- Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 07:49:24 -0700
- Cc: dna@eng.monash.edu.au
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Bernard Aboba wrote:
> How about this?
>
> Link Down
> An event provided by the link layer that signifies a state change
> associated with the interface no longer being capable of
> communicating IP packets. A Link Down event
> is only generated once the link layer considers the link
> unusable; transient periods of high frame loss are not
> sufficient.
>
> Link Up
> An event provided by the link layer that signifies a state change
> associated with the interface becoming capable of communicating
> IP packets.
Works for me.
Thanks,
Erik