Does no flashing lights mean a dead network card?

[Colin McGregor]

--- Walter Dnes <waltdnes-SLHPyeZ9y/tg9hUCZPvPmw at public.gmane.org> 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 would start checking the obvious, cables, and
connectors. I have seen (most unusual though) a
network card that worked fine, but no LED (as best I
could tell, a dead LED, period). 

>   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.

After you have checked the cables, connectors, the
device at the other end I would assume the issue to be
a dead NIC card...

Colin.
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