Network link status monitoring service.
1.0
29.0.1
Introduced
Gecko 1.8
Inherits from:
nsISupports
Last changed in Gecko 8.0 (Firefox 8.0 / Thunderbird 8.0 / SeaMonkey 2.5)Implemented by: @mozilla.org/network/network-link-service;1 as a service:
var networkLinkService = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/network/network-link-service;1"]
.getService(Components.interfaces.nsINetworkLinkService);
Attributes
| Attribute | Type | Description |
isLinkUp |
boolean |
This is set to The link is only up when network connections can be established. For example, the link is down during DHCP configuration (unless there is another usable interface already configured). If the link status is not currently known, we generally assume that it is up. Read only. |
linkStatusKnown |
boolean | This is set to true when we believe that isLinkUp is accurate. Read only. |
linkType |
unsigned long | The type of network connection, one of the LINK_TYPE_* constants. Read only.
Note: As of Gecko 8.0, all Operating Systems currently return As of Gecko 28.0 Android support is available again, see bug 939680. |
Constants
| Constant | Value | Description |
LINK_TYPE_UNKNOWN |
0 |
We were unable to determine the network connection type. |
LINK_TYPE_ETHERNET |
1 |
A standard wired Ethernet connection. |
LINK_TYPE_USB |
2 |
A connection via a USB port. |
LINK_TYPE_WIFI |
3 |
A connection via a WiFi access point (IEEE802.11). |
LINK_TYPE_WIMAX |
4 |
A connection via WiMax (IEEE802.16). |
LINK_TYPE_2G |
5 |
A '2G' mobile connection (for example, GSM, GPRS, EDGE). |
LINK_TYPE_3G |
6 |
A '3G' mobile connection (for example, UMTS, CDMA). |
LINK_TYPE_4G |
7 |
A '4G' mobile connection (for example, LTE, UMB). |