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A closer look at technology: how it works, what you can try, and what's worth understanding. I share explanations, lab ideas, useful tools, and lessons from working in IT.

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Network problems

What broke, what the evidence says, and what to try next.

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Lab ideas

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Useful tools

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IT career decisions

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A typical Weekly Packet

Why full Wi-Fi bars can still mean a bad connection

Start with the symptom, identify what the Wi-Fi icon actually measured, compare it with latency and packet loss, then finish with a short list of checks you can run yourself.

  1. 01The symptom
  2. 02The evidence
  3. 03What to try
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