Cisco Networks: Engineers' Handbook of Routing, Switching, and Security with IOS, NX-OS, and ASA

© Chris Carthern and William Wilson and Noel Rivera 2021

C. Carthern et al.Cisco Networkshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6672-4_2

2. The Physical Medium

Chris Carthern¹  , William Wilson² and Noel Rivera³

(1)

Bangkok, Krung Thep, Thailand

(2)

FPO, AP, USA

(3)

APO, AE, USA

 

Have you ever troubleshot a network issue for hours, racking your brain, only to find out that someone pulled a cable slightly out of the port while working in a rack? This chapter focuses on problems at layer 1—the physical layer—and how this layer is overlooked when network problems are experienced. A common example is a cable with a loose connection. I once left a network down for two days before actually looking at the port to determine the issue, which was a cable with a loose ...