Comtrol NS-link Windows NT User Manual
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Device Configuration
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Starting the Device Advisor
3.
Select the Advisor tab.
The Advisor contains the
following fields:
•
Summary displays
information regarding
the current state of the
selected device. This
information is updated
constantly. See
for a list of messages
and meanings.
•
Network Interface Card:
-
MAC Address is the
reported MAC
address of the
Ethernet (NIC)
card in the server.
Since a server may
contain more than
one Ethernet card, identifying exactly which Ethernet card is being used
by NS-Link may help you to identify and resolve problems.
-
Adapter ID string is the network interface card binding string. Every
network entity that needs to be uniquely identified has a Globally Unique
Identifier (GUID). The presence of this string indicates that NS-Link has
been bound to a specific NIC card.
-
Frames Out is the count of the number of frames output by NS-Link
through the identified network interface. This includes all administrative,
data, and control frames, and should be incriminated whenever the device
and NS-Link are operating, even if the device is idle.
-
Frames Accepted is the count of the number of received frames accepted by
NS-Link for further processing. These must be well-formed packets with
the correct protocol identifiers for NS-Link.
-
Frames Passed On is when a network interface card (NIC) receives a
packet, it passes the packet around to each driver or application that is
bound to the NIC until one of them recognizes and accepts the packet.
This field shows the count of the number of received frames that have gone
into NS-Link and been returned to the NIC layer for processing by other
software.
If a received packet it not accepted by NS-Link or any other driver, it is
discarded.
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Comtrol Hardware:
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MAC address is the network (MAC) address of the NS-Link device that is
currently selected. It should match both the MAC address on the Device
Setup tab and the MAC address on the physical device.
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Packets To Device is the count of information and control frames sent to a
layer in NS-Link and indicates actual data traffic sent.
-
Packets From Device is the count of information and control frames received
by a layer in NS-Link, and indicates actual data traffic received.
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Reported State contains a message showing the status of the NS-Link
software in relation to the selected device.
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Retransmitted is a count of information frames requiring retransmission
due to network errors. If this value is not zero, you have network
problems.
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Out of Sequence is a count of information frames received out of order due
to network errors. If this value is not zero, you have network problems.