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Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: paul williams on May 18, 2005, 04:01:13 AM

Title: Nic card
Post by: paul williams on May 18, 2005, 04:01:13 AM

OK i don't have a clue how to find this out so i need your help how do i find out if i have got a NIC card or not please explain in the simplest way possible

Title: Re: Nic card
Post by: gussery on May 18, 2005, 04:48:43 AM

Look on the back of your computer (assuming this is a desktop computer).  You are looking for a receptacle like a phone receptacle but wider (Normally a modem receptacle would accept a plug 4 pins wide(RJ-11), an Ethernet port on a NIC is 8 pins wide(RJ-45)

Title: Re: Nic card
Post by: Computer_Commando on May 18, 2005, 10:51:44 AM

http://www.computerhope.com/help/nic.htm
http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/n/nic.htm