+1 Back in the NT 4.0 days when interviewing candidates I'd ask them the first thing they'd check if a user could not login due to a 'domain controller cannot be found' type error. Amazing how many would jump directly to the more 'sophisticated' layers, check domain controller, IP Stack, WINS, etc .... To me the ONLY correct answer for the FIRST thing to check is: Check the Ethernet cable ! ( in my experience over 90% of these type errors were from the ether net cable either being unplugged or damaged )
Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' -----Original Message----- From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2010 9:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Veering even more OT - was: Re: Big Changes Ahead for IT - Anyone seen this? Normalisation is used for data integrity not efficiency. And whilst there aren't many practical implementations of OSI, the concept of a layered approach to networking (physical link, node addressing, routing, session control) is very useful in design and diagnosing problems. Cheers Ken ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
