Chapter 11. Network Troubleshooting, Performance Tuning, and Management Fundamentals

This chapter deals with perhaps the most daunting tasks any network administrator will face, network performance and network management. To those new to networking, there is a common misconception that designing and building the network are its most difficult aspects. What they soon learn after the network is completed is that building was the fun part. Now that it is in place, the work begins. The work consists of keeping the network up and running and providing a consistent level of reliability and performance. Computer networks today are essentially the nervous system of the business. They connect everything together and without them, everything just stops ...

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