Connectivity Problems
A protocol, as described in earlier hours, is a standard for communication. That standard is then implemented by a software vendor into a software module that performs the operations described in the standard. A human installs and configures the protocol software, either directly or by installing an operating system that supports the protocol software. As you might guess, once the software is up and running, the network still might not work. Sometimes certain services function and others do not. Other times, a computer can connect to one remote PC and not to another. Once in a while, a computer appears to have no network access at all, as if it weren't even connected.
Network dysfunction typically results from one of a handful ...
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