Does no flashing lights mean a dead network card?

[James Knott]

Walter Dnes wrote:
>   I've been looking for an excuse to get rid of my 1999 Dell, all 128
> megs of RAM and 450 mhz PIII.  I just moved, and I find that the network
> cardi lights do not flash at all.  I believe that implies dead hardware.
> I think this is co-incidence.  A knock during the move hard enough to
> break the network card should've wreaked havoc with the rest of the
> machine.  It works OK, except for the dead network card, which means no
> ADSL; did I ever mention that dialup is a pain?
>
>   I decided some time ago that when parts start needing to be replaced,
> I should get rid of it.  Does no flashing lights mean dead a physically
> dead card?  The weird part is that dmesg doesn't complain, and ifconfig
> shows eth0 present and looking OK, but I can't even ping my ADSL modem.
>
>   
It could be damaged and not complain, if the damage gives the same
appearance as no connection.  However it is an old computer, but NICs
are cheap.  Your decision.


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