I thought it would be a good idea to start a series using the NetworkDataPedia’s theme of ‘knowing your network.
Let’s start at layer 1 or the hardware layer.
Unfortunately, there is so much that can go wrong at this layer that I cant possibly cover it in one article. I see a lot "you have a network connection and life will seem fine" attitude. This is unfortunate because if the problems would cause an complete outage, you would be forced to address it instead of ignoring it.
I find that many physical level issues are grouped into a few categories:
Installation and Support
