Identify and Work with PC NIC

Step 1: Use the Network and Sharing Center.

1. Go to the Control Panel. Under Network and Internet in the Category View, click View network status and tasks.
2. View the left pane and then select the change adapter settings.
3. The display includes a list of the NIC’s that are accessible on this PC in the Network Connections window. For your Wi-Fi adapters, look. It should be noted that this window may also display Virtual Private Network (VPN) adapters and other kinds of network connections.

Step 2: Work with your wireless NIC.

1. Find the wireless network connection in step 1. Activate your wireless NIC by selecting Enable from the context menu when it is disabled.
2. To connect to an SSID that you are authorized to connect to, right-click and choose Connect/Disconnect if the status of the wireless network connection is not already active.
3. Select Status from the displayed context menu after right-clicking a wireless network connection.
4. The information can be seen about your wireless connection in the status pane, which is displayed. What is the Service Set Identifier (SSID) for your connection’s wireless router? How quick is your wireless connection? You can easily have the answers to these questions.
5. To open the Network Connection Details window, click Details. And you will be having the details like MAC address and IPv4 DNS servers.
6. Open a command prompt in Windows. Enter the command ipconfig /all in the Windows Command Prompt.
7. Close the Network Connection Details window and the command window. You should now be back in the window showing the Wi-Fi Status. Click to get the wireless properties.
8.  In the Wireless Network Properties window, click on the security tab.
9. The connected wireless router’s implementation of security is displayed. To view the actual Network security key rather than the concealed characters, check the Show characters check box, then click OK.
10. Close the Wi-Fi Status and Wireless Network Properties windows. Choose the Wi-Fi option, then select Connect/Disconnect in the context menu. Your current connection and a list of SSIDs that are within range of your PC’s wireless NIC should be displayed in a pop-up window that appears in the bottom right corner of your desktop. You can utilize the scrollbar if it displays on the right side of this window to see more SSIDs.
11. To connect to one of the other wireless network SSIDs displayed, select the SSID you want to connect to, and then click Connect. 
12. The security key for the SSID must be entered if you have decided on a secure SSID. Simply enter the SSID’s security key and hit OK. Always check the checkbox labeled Hide characters to prevent others from seeing what you put in the Security key area.

Step 3:  Work with your wired NIC in step three.

1. To display the drop-down list on the Network Connections window, choose and right-click the Ethernet option. Click the Status option after enabling the NIC if it is currently disabled. To view the status, you must have an Ethernet cable connecting your PC’s NIC to a switch or equivalent device. Numerous wireless routers come equipped with a tiny 4-port Ethernet switch. An Ethernet patch cable that passes straight through can be used to connect to one of the ports.
2. The outcome contains details about your wired connection to the LAN in the Status box.
3. To check the address details for your LAN connection, click Details.
4. Type ipconfig /all at the command prompt after opening it. Compare the details of your Ethernet adapter with those shown in the Network Connection Details window.

         5. Close each and every desktop window.

NIC stands for Network Interface Card. NIC is additionally called an Ethernet or physical or network card. NIC is one of the major and imperative components to associate a gadget to the network. Each gadget that must be associated with a network must have a network interface card. Even the switches comprise NIC in arrange to associate with the systems. It is the foremost essential network component without which you cannot interface any gadget to a network. It could be a circuit board or a card which is introduced in the computer or PC so that it acts as an arbiter for organizing and computer or PC.