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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def getEthernetLinkStatus(self, wanInterfaceId=1, timeout=1):
 """Execute GetEthernetLinkStatus action to get the status of the ethernet link. :param int wanInterfaceId: the id of the WAN device :param float timeout: the timeout to wait for the action to be executed :return: status of the ethernet link :rtype: str """

        namespace = Wan.getServiceType("getEthernetLinkStatus") + str(wanInterfaceId)
        uri = self.getControlURL(namespace)

        results = self.execute(uri, namespace, "GetEthernetLinkStatus", timeout=timeout)

        return results["NewEthernetLinkStatus"]