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How To Check the Status of your LAN Network Card (NIC)
This chapter describes how to check your NIC’s IP address, when the computer is running the MS Windows operating system.
You can always check the IP address, subnet mask, status, etc. of your personal computer’s network card (NIC), by opening the “Network Connections” window and looking
at the Detail pane on the left side of the window.
Notice that you can also get this information by opening a DOS window and running the command “IPCONFIG”.
For acronym descriptions, refer to chapter “Glossary”, page
44 .
Carry out the following steps:
1. Open the “Network Connections” window by,
— Clicking on the “Start” button, and
— Selecting the options: “Connect To” and “Show all Connections”
OR If this command is not displayed in the computer’s “Start” menu,
— Clicking on the “Start” button, and
— Selecting the “Control Panel”
— Clicking on the “Network Connections” icon that opens the computer’s Network Connections window