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RE: Total fiction being represented as an audio review.

This is a typical example of someone who seems not to know much about the relevant technology or even basic experimental design. It doesn't take deep knowledge to hear problems (be they gross or subtle) but it does take skill to attribute a cause. I'll give you two specific examples as to what might have been going on, and there are plenty more examples that come to mind: 1. The old cables might have been improperly seated, causing occasional data errors. This is unlikely with a proper RJ45 connector that snaps into place, but if the weak plastic tab somehow breaks it is entirely possible to continue running OK. However, any cable strain or random motion may then result in a loose connection. (Been there, done that.) 2. Plugging and unplugging cables can easily reconfigure one's network. This may create a different traffic pattern and hence different potential network congestion.

Without any technical knowledge, any reasonable experimenter would have simplified the problem network down to the fewest number of boxes and cables needed for a test and disconnected everything else. Most hobbyists would also have multiple cables and boxes and would be able to swap supposedly equivalent boxes to further narrow in on the problems. Finally, it would take just a little technical knowledge to know that Ethernet controllers detect errors, that drivers count these errors and that there is operating system software that will display these counters. Similarly for routers.



Tony Lauck

"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar

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