How do i know whether my NIC works or not?

[Joep L. Blom]

arshad wrote:
> On Sun, 2009-12-27 at 06:46 +0530, arshad wrote:
>> hi all,
>> i have a Speedcom+ 4 port Router. I used to connect it with ethernet. My
>> internet connection was disconnected for about 2 months and after
>> reconnecting when i try to use the router it won't work. the LAN LED
>> won't flash and the light in NIC port also won't flash. if i take the
>> router to one of my friends pc then it works fine.
>>
>> how can i find the fault?
>> how do i know whether the problem is in router or NIC?
>>
>> thank you very much
> this is an attachement of my network connections.
> if i select the 'auto etho' that search thing keeps rotating but never 
> gets connected.
> 
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