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Interactive Ethernet Network Troubleshooting


by Daniel J. Nassar and Timothy Haight


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This is the most interactive chapter so far in Network Computing's Interactive Network Design Manual. In this chapter, we actually walk you through decision trees in interactive troubleshooting routines, much the same as with an expert system. You start from a page of common network symptoms and work your way through tests and results until you arrive at a solution that solves your problem.

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Those who desire further information about the procedures here will find relevant content in Daniel J. Nassar's Network Optimization and Troubleshooting: Achieve Maximum Network Performance (Indianapolis, Indiana: New Riders Publishing, 1994). A new book by Daniel J. Nasser also containing this material, Ethernet and Token Ring Network Optimization , is expected to be publised soon by M&T Books, a division of Henry Holt & Co., New York.

The technical content of the troubleshooting routines in this chapter is the work of Daniel J. Nassar. Timothy Haight prepared these routines for interactive presentation on the World Wide Web. The authors welcome any comments which will help us improve these procedures. You can send e-mail to Timothy Haight at thaight@nwc.com.

To Begin Your Troubleshooting Session with the Main Symptom List, Click Here!


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