Chapter 12

Network Troubleshooting

Objectives

Upon completion of this chapter, you will be able to answer the following questions:

  • How is network documentation developed and used to troubleshoot network issues?

  • What troubleshooting methods use a systematic, layered approach?

  • What are the different networking troubleshooting tools?

  • How do you determine the symptoms and causes of network problems by using a layered model?

  • How do you troubleshoot a network by using the layered model?

Key Terms

This chapter uses the following key terms. You can find the definitions in the Glossary.

network topology diagram page 503

physical topology diagram page 503

logical topology diagram page 504

baseline page 507

knowledge base page 514

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