This tip is excerpted from "Network troubleshooting and diagnostics," Chapter 4 of The Shortcut Guide to Network Management for the Mid-Market, written by Greg Shields and published by ...

Netstat (Network Statistics) is a command-line tool for monitoring and troubleshooting computer network issues. This tool shows you all your device’s connections in as much detail as you need ...

Can’t open a shared folder or even see the computer on the network, or edit a shared folder or its files when you want to? Whatever the sharing problem is, review these tasks and techniques. You’ll ...

Back when I worked in the Network Operations department at one of my previous jobs, we used to chuckle when a customer would call us reporting that “the Internet is down.” Now, I realize that there ...

Determining if your computer has an Ethernet connection is often the first network troubleshooting step and is done by physically checking the cables to look for breaks and loose connections, as ...

Some older network devices and computers have problems with the newer WPA2. Try temporarily turning security off and see if that makes a difference.

I’ve got a 2018 Mac mini with network issues that have gone beyond my ability to troubleshoot. Starting prior to Sonoma, the computer would sporadically lose access to the internet. I could ...

Network issues seem to occur at the worst possible times - use these Linux commands to get to the bottom of them.