ethernet or netword card

[Garfield]

Excuse me for my ignorance, but what is the difference between an ethernet card and a network card?

 

[Mace]

To my knowledge the only difference is the spelling of the name.

 

[KaHNZa]

They are 2 names for the same thing...

 

[LiGhTBoY]

To my knowledge the only difference is the spelling of the name.

Maybe a network card just communicates with telepathy (sp?)

 

[Wonko The Sane]

a network card connects the computer to a network. an ethernet card is a type of network card. there's also ATM, FDDI, token ring, etc. ethernet is the most common.

 

[LiGhTBoY]

I was just kidding, I know how they work

 

[Garfield]

So you don't really buy a network card, you buy a type of network card? So, the most common network card is ethernet? Okay, I understand now