"Mike Meyers' Network+ Guide to Managing & Troubleshooting Networks," Chapter 20, Zen and the art of network support

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Excerpted from Mike Meyers' Network+ Guide to Managing & Troubleshooting Networks by Mike Meyers (ISBN: 0072255609).

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