NIC

I've been having intermittent problems connecting my computer to my home network, so sometimes I don't have internet access, or access to my backup hard drive (which is a network attached device).  It appears that the problem may lie with the network interface card in the computer, so a friend has provided me with a spare which I can use if the problems persist.


No network connection means I can't post my blips, and I can't allow that to happen, can I?