Different applications have different troubles with connectivity. In the following I’m going to list some common causes. One top item in the field is LSP. LSP is provided by Winsock as a linked service provider. In Vista, this thing won’t be a serious issue as before since Vista poses more limitation/restrictions which makes LSP not quite “useful” as their XP [...]
Most people mix ”network connectivity” and “working browser” together, which means, if they can’t use their browser to browse the internet, they will say that they are not connected. And yes, they e-mail tech support complaining that they don’t have network connectivity.
Alright, customers are always right. So it’s the little peon’s job to figure out what they [...]
The TCP/IP network that most people use today is not really a plug-n-play thing. It needs proper configuration. Typically I follow these steps to figure out if the network configuration is correct or not.
Do I have an IP address?
Do I have a working name service?
Can I reach the machine that I want to connect to?
The most basic [...]
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