[TriLUG] ethernet ports on Linksys wrt54g are autosense

Matt Frye mattfrye at gmail.com
Fri Oct 22 07:15:17 EDT 2004


> >>hmm, I guess I'm a two light kinda guy.

Ditto.  

> If the LEDs were on the back you'd
> have to turn it around to see if an issue had occurred with the Link, or
> if there was activity present.  By converse, if they put both the LEDs
> and the jacks on the front, you'd have wires spilling out onto your
> desk, or bent unnecessarily.  

I don't prefessionally design these devices, but I am in the process
of patenting a device which is arguably "like" the wrt54g, and I
prefer LED's on both sides.  Actually, I prefer multi-directional leds
and led bulbs, but what do I know.

MPF



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