Question I want to learn about the network interface card

[slowmillenial]

I know it has the prongs for the ethernet cable, and I know how to ping with command prompt, and I know it has a piece of wireless radio hardware. But I don't know much else. Can anybody help me by explaining the basic hardware and software components, especially the very first layer of security in the NIC? Is there both hardware and software security or just software security?

Are there good articles I could read or youtube videos I could watch about how the NIC works? Does it have a compiler or is the compiler only present in the CPU?

 

[cruisetung]

Computer networking is college/university level course and a huge topic, did you take any computer class before?

It will take days to even understand the basics. For college students it probably will take 2 semesters

First, network has nothing to do with compiler, it's all about protocols, negotiations, error corrections, medium etc.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Computer+Networking+Full+Course

Apparently there are many of them.

2 videos that are under 12 hours

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9ZigsW9il0

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhjHXeMNpp8&t=79s


If you really want to dive into it, look for courses that have playlists, start with episode 1.

And computer/network courses from MIT
https://www.youtube.com/@mitocw/search?query=computer network

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