Lab Practicals: INSTALLING OF NIC CARD

                                                                         INSTALLING OF NIC CARD

AIM: 

Installing of NIC card (Network Interface Card)

APPARATUS:-

NIC card,

PCI (Peripheral Component Inter connection)

Procedure:

Identify the PCI slot on mother board.

Identify the cut on the PCI slot

Take the NIC CARD AND Identify cut on it

Now insert the NIC Card into the PCI SLOT

Carefully handle such that cuts of NIC card and PCI slot must match.

Result

Thus NIC card is installed.

                            Note: 

No need to write into the record book just read about the NIC Card:

Definition:

      A network interface card (NIC) is a computer circuit board or card  that is installed in a computer so that it can be connected to a network. 

          Personal computers and workstations on a local area network (LAN) typically contain a network interface card specifically designed for the LAN transmission technology, such as Ethernet or token ring. Network interface cards provide a dedicated, full-time connection to a network. Most home and portable computers connect to the Internet through as-needed dial-up connection. The modem  provides the connection interface to the Internet service provider.

           In new computers, many NICs are now pre-installed by the manufacturer. All NICs feature a speed rating such as 11 Mbps, 54 Mbps or 100 Mbps that suggest the general performance of the unit.

Some NIC cards work with wired connections while others are wireless. Most NICs support either wired Ethernet or WiFi wireless standards. Ethernet NICs plug into the system bus of the PC and include jacks for network cables, while WiFi NICs contain built-in transmitters / receivers (transceivers).