摘要 |
<p>An apparatus comprises a connector (3000), wherein the connector comprises i) a jack (3002), wherein the jack comprises a) a plurality of electrical terminals (3006), and b) a magnetic component (3008) electrically coupled to the plurality of electrical terminals (3006); and ii) a physical layer device (3004), wherein the physical layer device comprises a) a physical layer module (3010), wherein the physical layer module comprises an interface (3014) configured to receive packets from the jack (3002), and an interface bus (3016) configured to inspect the packets, and b) a network interface (3012) configured to, based on the inspection of the packets by the interface bus (3016), provide the packets to a device separate from the physical layer device (3004).</p> |