Under most situations this is quite accurate (There is data on the cable side of the connection), but right now, that nasty Code Red virus is also probing internet connections, and that will cause your data light to flash. Since you're running the best O/S on the planet, you don't have a thing to worry about. Lanman On Sunday 26 August 2001 06:29 am, you wrote: > The reason this occurs is because there is still data on the cable side of > the connection. The light flashes for both incoming and outgoing wether > its going to you or not. > > At 02:15 AM 8/26/2001 -0400, you wrote: > >Ok, I have a cable modem hooked to eth0. I do "ifdown eth0" this should > >shutoff my internet connection right? If this is true, why does my cable > >modems "data" light still flash? > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://wwww.mandrakestore.com ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: ----------------------------------------
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