Troubleshooting

This section describes the following:

  • The tools that are provided with Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista to troubleshoot wired connections

  • How to troubleshoot wired connection problems from the wired client

  • How to troubleshoot wired connection problems from the 802.1X-capable switch

  • How to troubleshoot wired connection problems from the NPS server

Wired Troubleshooting Tools in Windows

Microsoft provides the following tools to troubleshoot wired connections:

  • TCP/IP troubleshooting tools

  • The Network Connections folder

  • Netsh lan commands

  • Network Diagnostics Framework support for wired connections

  • Wired diagnostics tracing

  • NPS authentication and accounting logging

  • NPS event logging

  • SChannel logging

  • SNMP agent

  • Reliability and Performance snap-in ...

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