NETZWERKKARTE, DIE AUF ZUSTANDSÄNDERUNGEN IHRER PERIPHERIEREN REAGIERT, DURCH ERZEUGUNG EINER TESTSEITE

摘要

An interactive network device which interfaces a LAN to a peripheral that includes a front panel through which a user can affect status changes to the peripheral. Included in the interactive network device are a LAN interface which interfaces to the LAN and over which peripheral data is communicated, and a peripheral interface which interfaces to the peripheral and over which the peripheral data is communicated and the status of the peripheral data is received. A processor analyzes the status of the peripheral received over the peripheral interface so as to detect a predetermined sequence of status changes in the peripheral and, in response to detection of the predetermined sequence of status changes, (a) generates testpage information containing at least one of network information and interactive network device information and (b) outputs the generated testpage information.