Kingston Technology KNE16WG - Manual (Page 11)

Design Features 5
EtheRx User’s Guide - Rev. B00 Kingston Technology Company
Automatic Partitioning/Reconnection
If any of the ports on the EtheRx hub experience excessive collisions, duration
collisions, or faulty conditions, that particular port can be partitioned. Once
partitioned, the hub will continue to monitor that port. If the error conditions
have been corrected or a good data packet is received without a collision, the
hub will automatically reconnect that port to the network.
Link Test
For UTP port connections, the EtheRx hub implements the link integrity test
function as specified in the IEEE 802.3 10BASE-T standard. The hub will
transmit link test pulses to any UTP port after that port’s transmitter is inactive
for a range of 8ms to 17ms. These pulses are sent to confirm that a valid
connection exists between each UTP port on the hub and its attached device.