What features/parts does a network interface card have?

Question

What features/parts does a network interface card have?

Answer 1

NIC/Ethernet card would have

1. Ethernet port or RJ45 port (fast ethernet)

2. activity lights (status and connectivity) may or maynot be their

Features:

1. data fax(pots[plain old telephone service)

2. OS platforms as in some NIC might support windows but not linux.

3. PCI based (fights to you PCI card slot)

4. Remote system management (can be controlled remotely )

5.  wake-on-LAN( you can power on a computer by sending data packets )

6. Lifetime warranty (with some of them)

7. High speeds

8.security and robustness

9. dynamic network discovery on lan

10 net meeting

11. firmware upgrades.

hope this helps™

Answer 2

a NIC or network interface card does exactly that. It connects you to a network, weather its a LAN or the Internet! a NIC has a unique number, this number has about 6 names but the most common are "MAC address, hardware adress BIA (burned in address). every NIC in the world has this unique address so its identified on a network. it looks sumthin like this: 00:19:3b:0f:11:de