My home lab motto: "It's always a cabling problem"

From: thomas larus (tlarus@xxxxxxx)
Date: Thu May 02 2002 - 17:29:40 GMT-3


   
I can't be the only one here who has noticed that when something is not working
 right in the study lab, it is often a cabling problem. If it's not that, it's
 probably an IP addressing mistake (a fat finger error).

Remembering this motto can save one a lot of troubleshooting time in the home l
ab. It also happens to fit nicely into the "start at the physical layer first"
 model of troubleshooting, except that you go directly from checking your cable
s (layer 1) to checking your ip addresses (layer 3), skipping layer two trouble
shooting temporarily.

Anyone else here feel the same way?

Tom



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