Common computer network problems?

[jacklinjonse]

Regardless of the size or number of employees, every company experiences networking problems at some time or other. Anticipating the most common problems ahead of time and working to avoid them is the best way to reduce Help Desk calls and ensure a smooth daily networking experience. Quite often, when that phone does ring, the problems tend to be the same, since there are some very common problems that can present themselves in any environment that utilizes a networked system.

[darenmatthews]

Yes, I agree. Which is why it is important to have a proper monitoring and alerting strategy in order to be proactive (warning thresholds), reactive (proper alerts) and perhaps a knowledgebase for recording and analyzing past problems and solutions.

Also important to have a good network and systems design, resilience and redundancy if you can afford it. Replacement contracts for key equipment, and so on and so forth.

It's all about increasing the MTBF and reducing the MTTR !

Welcome to the board.
- Daren