How do i know whether my NIC works or not?

[arshad]

On Mon, 2009-12-28 at 11:33 +0000, Steve wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:00:56 -0000, arshad <arshad3m at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 2009-12-28 at 10:50 +0000, Steve wrote:
> >
> >> In a terminal run
> >>
> >> 	lspci
> >>
> >> and post the results
> >>
> >> --
> >> Steve
> >>
> > Hi Steve,
> >
> > ~$ lspci
> > 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express DRAM
> > Controller (rev 10)
> > 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express PCI
> > Express Root Port (rev 10)
> > 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High
> > Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
> > 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express
> > Port 1 (rev 01)
> > 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express
> > Port 2 (rev 01)
> > 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI
> > Controller #1 (rev 01)
> > 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI
> > Controller #2 (rev 01)
> > 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI
> > Controller #3 (rev 01)
> > 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI
> > Controller #4 (rev 01)
> > 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI
> > Controller (rev 01)
> > 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev e1)
> > 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC
> > Interface Bridge (rev 01)
> > 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE
> > Controller (rev 01)
> > 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR/GH (ICH7 Family)
> > SATA IDE Controller (rev 01)
> > 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller
> > (rev 01)
> > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV505 CE [Radeon
> > X1550 64-bit]
> > 01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc Device 717f
> > 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
> > RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02)
> >
> >
> >
> Sorry forgot to ask for the output of ifconfig as well
> 
> 
> -- 
> Steve
> 
thank you.

$ ifconfig 
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:e0:4d:af:6e:4f  
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
          Interrupt:252 Base address:0x8000 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:2037 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:2037 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:1049382 (1.0 MB)  TX bytes:1049382 (1.0 MB)

ppp0      Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol  
          inet addr:10.200.216.210  P-t-P:10.64.64.64
Mask:255.255.255.255
          UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:5205 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:5124 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:3 
          RX bytes:4945403 (4.9 MB)  TX bytes:767624 (767.6 KB)

usb0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 02:80:37:14:03:00  
          inet6 addr: fe80::80:37ff:fe14:300/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)