What is an Ethernet card?
An Ethernet card is a communications card installed in a personal computer to provide a connection to a high-speed network. The Ethernet card provides a direct connection to the Internet in buildings that have been wired to the campus network. A direct connection means that the computer is connected directly to a jack on the wall of a networked building. An example of indirect connection is a modem connection which communicates at 14,400 bits per second (bps) up to 53,600 bps. Ethernet communicates at 10,000,000 to 100,000,000 bps.
An Ethernet card is a device that computers use to talk to a computer in another part of a network in order to transmit data across the wire or wirelessly. Learn how Ethernet cards come standard in most computers and rarely need maintenance with tips from a certified computer technician in this free video on computers.
An Ethernet card is a high-speed data communications port for a computer. It provides the necessary speed of data exchange between Hathway’s Service and a computer. It is an internal computer card that sits in one of the available slots in a computer. Most computers do not have Ethernet cards as standard equipment.
The system that helps connect a computer to an Ethernet network is called an Ethernet card. Another name for such a card is Network Interface Card (NIC). It can be inserted into one of the slots provided on the motherboard of the computer. Each of these cards has a unique identification number, known as the MAC address.
