How do i know whether my NIC works or not?

[arshad]

On Sun, 2009-12-27 at 16:50 +0100, Joep L. Blom wrote:
> 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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> Joep
> 
> 
oh.thanks for the notifications. so this means my message is sent to the
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thanks.