It’s not necessarily a bad thing, but the connection to the Internet has truly become tethered to productivity. A clear, usable connection can mean hours of interrupted work, sometimes at great speed. A difficult connection can lead to a full-stop — and the need to leave your desk to figure out a solution or talk to the experts on your team.
Even if you don’t completely handle IT issues, it can be the best use of time to know what could be the source of network concerns. We’re sharing some ideas from two different technology new websites — Make Use Of (MUO) and Tech Target — to give you a few ideas of what may be going wrong.
What we have below is by no means an exhaustive list, but these can certainly be some common issues for you to watch out for.
Go through the power cycle
It’s possible that restarting things in a sequence may help things out, so reboot in this order: computer, modem, router. Once they’re powered down, wait about 60 seconds before you power them up in a slightly different order: modem, router, computer.
Check your connectivity
It’s important to check any connections you may have to your computer, just to make sure something hasn’t been unplugged or is loose in some way. You may also have an issue with laptops to make sure the physical wireless switch is not set to off if it has a manual switch.
Use that Task Manager app
Select this to see if you have something that is sapping too much CPU, memory or disk power. If you aren’t getting a good reading from Task Manager, consider restarting it as well. It’s also a great time to make sure your security software hasn’t found a terrible virus that could be slowing your network.
Looking at VLAN and VPN
It’s a great idea to check these aspects of your system to make sure you don’t have a “failure to connect” error. Look at the login window to see that you have entered the right credentials and that your service is up to date. You may also need to switch to ethernet or Wi-Fi to see if you can still access a VPN or VLAN vendor.
Getting help beyond DIY
While having you be your own solution can help things, it could be an issue of performance, scalability or resilience. This is where AVASO comes in. We’re able to have our experienced, certified engineers help with integration, design or deployment of network solutions. Find out how we can help on our website.
