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Quotes About LAN

Testing LAN Neighbors with Standard Ping
~ Wendell Odom
Testing using a ping of another device on the LAN can quickly confirm whether the LAN can pass packets and frames. Specifically, a working ping rules out many possible root causes of a problem. For instance, Figure 23-7 shows the ICMP messages that occur if R1 issues the command ping 172.16.1.51, pinging host A, which sits on the same VLAN as R1.
~ Wendell Odom
If the ping works, it confirms the following, which rules out some potential issues: The host with address 172.16.1.51 replied. The LAN can pass unicast frames from R1 to host
~ Wendell Odom
The comparison between the previous two figures shows one of the most classic mistakes when troubleshooting networks. Sometimes, the temptation is to connect to a router and ping the host on the attached LAN, and it works. So, the engineer moves on, thinking that the network layer issues between the router and host work fine, when the problem still exists with the host's default router setting.
~ Wendell Odom
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~ Robert Jordan
Early in August, Lan came and found me down at the creek. It was a Sunday afternoon and so hot that even the mosquitoes were drowsing instead of biting people.
~ Patricia C. Wrede