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Tomorrow's the first day of June. School's almost over, which means we're almost going to graduate from middle school. I can't wait for summer vacation. I wonder how hard it is to get a job.

I helped my dad with his business's network problems today. Extremely detailed information for people who actually care is as follows.

Symptoms:

Slow Internet access, often unable to view web pages

Email receiving from Microsoft Exchange Server often fails

Printing sometimes fails

Software which relies on files located on file server is slow

Tests:

Pinging devices on network often results in 50% loss of packets

Most likely issue:

Router is faulty

Action taken:

Purchased Linksys WRT54GL router as replacement (no DD-WRT! :O)

Set up Business DSL's static IP in router

New symptoms:

Devices on 5 port network switch attached to router are not detected

Said devies are not assigned an IP address

Action taken:

Changed cable between router and switch

Success?

NO WAI!

Therefore...

Going to purchase network switch later on; stores closed already

Profit:

60 dollars! ($20 an hour)

So if anyone has any computer problems, you can just ask me.