Biscast Cooperation produces edible products. The company employs 50 people and

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Biscast Cooperation produces edible products. The company employs 50 people and has offices on two floors in a downtown building. Each employee uses Windows XP operating system on a desktop or laptop computer. Biscat Cooperation has two servers running Windows Server 2003, plus a Linux Web Server. Currently, each floor in their building is wired using Category 5e UTP cable. Their communications devices are half-duplex hubs and switches employing 10Base T connections cables throughout the building… on each floor and between floors. The building is scheduled for renovations and Biscat Cooperation hires you through Network Design Consultants to assist in a new network design for a cabled network.

1. During your visit to Biscast Cooperation, a managing director is having problems connecting her laptop computer to the 10BaseT network already in use. He is using Windows XP Professional. Outline the steps you would take to troubleshoot this problem.

Explanation / Answer

1. Open Network Connections.

2. Go to Ethernet Adapters, right click and go to properties

3. Check the Advanced Settings and set them properly.

4. Check the IP address settings.

5. Check that the port LEDs are glowing when the cable is inserted.

6. Right click on the ethernet adapter, disable and enable it again.

This should resolve the problem

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