A computer is a super smart thing. But without a special board called a network card, which is located on motherboard, will not be able to access the Internet. Very often, reinstalling operating system or when network problems arise, model definition comes to the fore network card. So how do you find out the network card model?
Then, in addition to the computer itself, you need a network card, the Everest utility and the ability to access the Internet.
The user must know what a utility is. But clarification would not hurt - this is a program that solves auxiliary problems. Utilities can be classified as follows: computer service utilities; utilities for expanding functions; information utilities.
- by clicking on “Administrative Tools” in the “Control Panel”, open the “Computer Management” window;
- go to “Device Manager”;
- click on the plus sign next to the line “Network cards” and open the list of cards that are installed;
- by typing “Cmd” in the “Run” column, launch the command line;
- A window will open and enter the command “ipconfig /all” into it.
As soon as the command is executed, information about the network cards installed on the computer will appear on the monitor.
How to find out the model of a network card, examining a patient
It is possible that the system will not detect the network card. There are no drivers for it either. Then it makes sense to move on to a visual definition of the map model.
You will have to remove the network card from the slot, and enter the data on the manufacturer’s label into a search engine, any one on the Internet.
We look at the equipment ID
The network card model can be determined by “Vendor ID” and “Device ID”. Data is entered during BIOS boot. You can use the Everest utility. To do this, install the utility, open program window and go to the “Device” tab. Next, in the upper right window, expand the “Unknown” tab, which appears with a question mark. You need to click on the sign next to the “Network Controller” line. Then in the lower window you can see the “Hardware ID” and the VEN and DEV values. VEN is a code that identifies the manufacturer. The DEV code is responsible for identifying the device. Using these codes, the program will identify the device and display the information on the monitor.
Determine the network card model by “Device ID” and “Vendor ID”. This data is displayed when loading BIOS or you can use the Everest utility. Install the utility, open the program window and go to the “Devices” tab. Expand the “Unknown” tab in the top right window, marked with a question mark. Click on this sign located next to the “Network Controller” line. A “Hardware ID” with VEN and DEV values will appear in the lower window. VEN is the code identifying the manufacturer, and DEV is the device. Using these codes, the program identifies the device and displays information on the monitor.
If there is an urgent need to find out about the model and manufacturer, then you need to use Vendor ID and Device ID to find the website www.Pcidatabase.com. Here you simply enter the received data into the appropriate fields.
A very simple solution!
It’s easy and simple to look at the receipt or warranty card if network card new and already installed on the computer. Provided that the original box from the device is prudently stored. By the way, when purchasing, the sales consultant will remind you not to throw away all your computer packaging for about a year. It's another matter to listen to such advice. As practice shows, it is worth listening. So, having a warranty card, you can always read the full name of both the device model and the manufacturer.
P.S. So we answered the question of how to find out the network card model... as you can see, everything is simple, and which option suits you better is your choice 😉
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Quite often after reinstallation Windows users are faced with something that doesn’t work for them the local network and the Internet. Obviously, you need to install drivers, but for which network card it is not clear. In such cases, users ask a completely logical question: how to find out what network card I have.
How to find out what network card I have on Windows 7, 8 or 10
If you are using the Windows 7, 8 or 10 operating system, then in order to find out what network card you have, you need to open “ device Manager" The easiest way to open " device Manager"is to run the command "mmc devmgmt.msc".
To do this, press the Windows + R key combination and in the window that opens, enter the command “mmc devmgmt.msc” (without quotes, of course).
After this, the window “ device Manager" Here you need to open the section “ Network adapters" IN this section The name of your network card will be displayed.
Please note that some programs can create virtual network adapters, which then appear in the list of network adapters in " Device Manager" It is quite easy to distinguish such virtual adapters. Because they have the same name as the program. For example, in the screenshot above there is a virtual adapter from the VirtualBox program.
How to find out what network card I have on Windows XP
In the operating room Windows system XP everything is exactly the same as described above. You need to open " device Manager"Using the command "mmc devmgmt.msc" and look at the name of the network card. The only difference is that in Windows XP the section with network cards is called not “Network adapters”, but “Network cards”.
How to find out what network card I have using the command line
You can also find out the name of the network card using the command line. To do this, open Command Windows string" and enter the command " ipconfig /all".
After that in command line information about all network connections will appear on this computer. On the contrary, the “Description” item, for each of network connections The name of the network card will be indicated.
Other ways to view network card information
All of the methods described above for obtaining information about a network card use tools built into the operating system. But you can get help third party programs. For example, you can use the AIDA64 program. In this program you need to open the section “ Devices – Windows Devices – Network Adapters».
This section will indicate the name of the network card, as well as other information about it.
For example, you restored the system from backup copy, but on someone else’s hardware, and you can’t remember the TCP/IP network adapter settings that were in the primary system. Don't be upset, everything will be fixable. All this can be viewed in the register editor.
1. Click Start - Search (Start - Run on Windows XP/2003) and type “regedit”. This command will launch Registry Editor.
2. Go to the following registry key:
Each network interface on a computer has its own unique GUID.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
\SYSTEM
\CurrentControlSet
\Services
\Tcpip
\Interfaces
\
1: DHCP
Now we know where the parameters are located. Let's look at them in more detail:
DhcpIPAddress
This key stores the IP address received from the DHCP server. In the screenshot below it is 192.168.0.3
DhcpSubnetMask
This key contains the netmask of the IP address. In the screenshot below it is 255.255.255.0
DhcpDefaultGateway
This key contains the default gateway. Here it is equal to 192.168.0.1
DhcpServer
IP address of the DHCP server itself (192.168.0.1)
DhcpNameServer
DNS server (192.168.0.1)
2 Static IP address
In this case, the IP address is not obtained from the DHCP server, but is entered manually in the connection properties.
IPaddress
A key that stores information about the IP address. SubnetMask
Network mask
DefaultGateway
Default Gateway
NameServer
DNS servers 
That is, we can view the properties or even change them directly in regedit. How to remove one that is missing from the system network adapter described
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