Steps for troubleshooting network problems

Unit 5 Discussion: Network Troubleshooting

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· Network problems occur in many organizations, in addition to our home networks. Have you ever experienced network problems in your home or at work? Were you able to solve the problems? Explain in detail how you were able to solve those problems. If you do not have any experience with network problems, complete some research and recall steps needed to repair network issues (from our textbook and presentations).

· Identify hardware and software tools that will help you with common network connectivity problems. How do you utilize the tool(s) to help resolve the issue?

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· Network problems occur in many organizations, in addition to our home networks. Have you ever experienced network problems in your home or at work? Were you able to solve the problems? Explain in detail how you were able to solve those problems. If you do not have any experience with network problems, complete some research and recall steps needed to repair network issues (from our textbook and presentations).

Yes, at home especially while doing homework. Yes, I was able to solve them. The main problem was finding the perfect place for the network to reach every device without it going out. So all I had to do was move it to a neutral spot for me so since my room was always upstairs I just moved everything upstairs. And now nothing goes out unless it’s a power outage or someone just unplugs it.

· Identify hardware and software tools that will help you with common network connectivity problems. How do you utilize the tool(s) to help resolve the issue?

Nslookup, Ipconfig/ifconfig, Connectivity Software, etc. First always figure out what the problem is so we can know to put the tools to use, second once you know what the problem is we can put the tools to use.

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· Network problems occur in many organizations, in addition to our home networks. Have you ever experienced network problems in your home or at work? Were you able to solve the problems? Explain in detail how you were able to solve those problems. If you do not have any experience with network problems, complete some research and recall steps needed to repair network issues (from our textbook and presentations). I have experienced network issues in my home, we used to have DSL internet which goes over phone lines. We also had a house phone. They gave us filters to use for the house phones so that the internet traffic would not interfere with the voice communications on the phone. We accidentally plugged in the filters inline with the computers and were not able to get much network traffic at all. This drove us crazy for weeks, trying to figure out what was wrong. Remember to always start with the simple stuff, check your connections.

· Identify hardware and software tools that will help you with common network connectivity problems. How do you utilize the tool(s) to help resolve the issue? IPscanner will help tell you of any devices currently on most networks, this is helpful when you can just plug in to a random network and see everyone's IP. You can verify that printers are online, you can check for security devices and much more. Another good tool is a RJ45 cable tester, this will help you determine if you have a bad cable or not. The biggest problems can come from something as simple as a small defect in a cable.