Given the nature of 10BaseT (being stateless on the wire), I would say that
the interface should be signalled at the presence of hardware, not at the
presence of link.

Another way to look at this is the following:  I can't see if my wire is
connected to a switch.  I _can_ see that the KLSI unit is attached to my
computer.

Matt

On Thu, Feb 08, 2001 at 06:03:34PM +1100, Brad Hards wrote:
> Situation: USB ethernet adapter (in my case, a KLSI one).
> 
> Should the interface (e.g. ethX) be signalled when the device is plugged
> in to the USB port, or when the electrical connection of the 10BaseT
> wire is made? What counts as "plugged" in this case?
> 
> Brad
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