You are a network technician for a small corporate network that supports 1000 Mbps (Gigabit) Ethernet. The manager in the Executive Office says that his network connection has gone down frequently over the past few days. He replaced his Ethernet cable, but the connection problem has continued. Now his network connection is either down or very slow at all times. He wants you to install a new 1000 Mbps Ethernet network card in his workstation to see if that solves the problem.
If the new card does not resolve the issue, you will need to perform troubleshooting tasks to find the cause of the issue and confirm that the problem is fixed after you implement a solution. Following are some troubleshooting tasks you can try:
• Use the Network and Sharing Center and the ipconfig command on the Exec workstation to check for a network connection or an IP address.
• Look at the adapter settings to see the status of the Ethernet connection.
• Use the ping command to see if the workstation can communicate with the server in the Networking Closet. (See the exhibit for the IP address.)
• View the network activity lights for all networking devices to check for dead connections. In this lab, your task is to complete the following:
1. Install a new Ethernet adapter in one of the open slots in the Exec workstation per the manager's request.
2. Make sure that the new adapter is connected to the wall outlet with a cable that supports Gigabit Ethernet.
3. Resolve any other issues you find using the known good spare components on the Shelf to fix the problem and restore the manager's internet connection.
After you replace the network adapter and resolve the issues you found while troubleshooting, use the Network and Sharing Center to confirm that the workstation is connected to the network and the internet
If necessary, click Exhibits to see the network diagram and network wiring schematics.

Before doing anything, the first thing to do is to select the 100BaseTX network adapter and reconnect the Cat5e cable. The 100BaseTX network adapter supports Fast

Ethernet which is all that is required.

Now do the following steps:

Step one

In Office 2, switch to the motherboard view of the computer (turning off the workstation as necessary).

Step two

On the Shelf, expand the Network Adapters category.

Step three

Identify the network adapter that supports Fast Ethernet 100BaseTX. Drag the network adapter from the Shelf to a

free PCI slot on the computer.

Step four

To connect the computer to the network, switch to the back view of the computer.

Step five

Drag the Cat5 cable connector from the motherboard's NIC to the port of the 100BaseTX network adapter.

Step six

To verify the connection to the local network and the Internet, switch to the front view of the computer.

Step seven

Click the power button on the computer case.

Step eight

After the workstation's operating system is loaded, click the networking icon in the notification area and click

Open Network and Sharing Center. The diagram should indicate an active connection to the network and the

Internet.

For one to be able to confirm the speed of the connection, it can be done by clicking the Local Area Connection link in the Network and

Sharing Center.