An apparatus comprises a connector, wherein the connector comprises i) a jack, wherein the jack comprises a) a plurality of electrical terminals, and b) a magnetic component electrically coupled to the plurality of electrical terminals; and ii) a physical layer device, wherein the physical layer device comprises a) a physical layer module, wherein the physical layer module comprises an interface configured to receive packets from the jack, and an interface bus configured to inspect the packets, and b) a network interface configured to, based on the inspection of the packets by the interface bus, provide the packets to a device separate from the physical layer device.