Testing Utility for NICS

Is there such a thing as utility for testing NICs?

thanks....d;)

sorry just been playin with nics ,cables , hubs etc for about a week or so in my spare time (on 2k) however i came across this http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network.htm , (netstat) that helped me tweak a simple pc< >pc x over , and yesterday a switched setup (admittedly only 4) ,,,(not to bad for a office/spare bedroom about 9ft x 7ft) ,,,,anyway

i think (unless someone knows abetter way ) apart from pingin around ,,,,they either work or dont.

i could,nt accept the price of nic cards ,,,,in the UK ,, realtech cards are £8.50 RETAIL ,,,,under 2 gallon of fuel ,,or 40 ciggys ,,,

so the box of "old" isa 3com cards i had here (rj/coax/serial? ) ,,all 10 base have all been binned ,,,

now then where is the linux forum , coz i,ve got a spare machine with a nic etc , and i want some help settin it up ,,,perminent ,,,,,but i dont know linux ,,,,,,

Most nics come with their own diagnostic utility - check the driver diskette, or post what nic you have and someone will get you a link I am sure.

3com etherlink 10/100 3c905b-tx.

Try this one ftp://ftp.3com.com/pub/nic/3c90x/windiags.exe

Er, I'm not sure if this is what your after but....

MRTG does a good job, do a search for it (and its free)

Or WhatsUp Gold from Ipswitch
That one will cost you...