Windows Networking Troubleshooting

© Mike Halsey and Joli Ballew 2017

Mike Halsey and Joli Ballew, Windows Networking Troubleshooting, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3222-4_4

4. What Causes Networking Problems

Mike Halsey¹  and Joli Ballew²

(1)Gleadless Valley, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK

(2)Garland, Texas, USA

There’s a tendency for people to think of a computer as an isolated, stand-alone machine. In reality, because of our network and Internet connections, no computer is isolated. Everything is connected to everything else, and your Internet connection allows your computer to connect to, and be connected to from, just about any other computer on Earth.

When it comes to the Internet, the mentality is one that often affects motorists, where they think of themselves as separated ...