Hello.
My 'cable' modem at home connects the internet via RJ45 to a couple of computers and a television 'tuner' to see streaming broadcasts on a TV.
When the computers are off or asleep, the orange indicator at the RJ45 jack is off. When the TVbox is off, the orange led keeps flashing. The TVbox is warm on or off. Same thing with another gadget I used, a dish satellite receiver box.
Seems these just go 'stanby' and not truly off.
How to find out if those gadgets are 'consuming' internet bandwidth in standby ? Are the orange flashing lights at the RJ45 jacks true indicators of data traffic happening ?
Somewhere I remember reading the orange leds show data collisions. Well, then they collide 24/7.
What is true about them ?
My 'cable' modem at home connects the internet via RJ45 to a couple of computers and a television 'tuner' to see streaming broadcasts on a TV.
When the computers are off or asleep, the orange indicator at the RJ45 jack is off. When the TVbox is off, the orange led keeps flashing. The TVbox is warm on or off. Same thing with another gadget I used, a dish satellite receiver box.
Seems these just go 'stanby' and not truly off.
How to find out if those gadgets are 'consuming' internet bandwidth in standby ? Are the orange flashing lights at the RJ45 jacks true indicators of data traffic happening ?
Somewhere I remember reading the orange leds show data collisions. Well, then they collide 24/7.
What is true about them ?