From the course: CompTIA A+ Core 1 (220-1101) Cert Prep

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Troubleshooting internet connections

Troubleshooting internet connections

- Okay folks, it's your buddy the Great Mikestrami, here yet again to talk about troubleshooting issues. Now, I'm going to do it a little bit differently this time because we've already covered so much troubleshooting in networking that all I want to do is wrap it up with a couple of little zen concepts that I want to make sure you understand. Look, the A Plus is going to be filled, and I mean filled, with big, long, hairy looking networking questions that are really pretty simple as long as you stick to a couple of basic rules. Number one, understand how networks work. And number two, go with a couple of rules that always work for me. Number one, don't let the physical get you down. If you think there's a problem with your physical network, always check that first. Check your link lights. Take a look at the lower right hand corner on a Windows system or upper right hand corner on a Linux or a Mac system and verify that…

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