Spent 90 minutes tracing a network issue that was a loose ethernet cable the whole time

I was about to rebuild the router config for a client's home office before I noticed the cable just needed a firm push into the wall jack, has anyone else wasted a whole afternoon on something this dumb?

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cora_west514d ago

Has anyone else ever kicked themselves that hard for missing the most obvious thing? I spent three hours once trying to figure out why my home printer wouldn't connect to the wifi. Turned out I had the wrong network selected on the printer itself. Just a simple dropdown menu choice, nothing fancy. Felt like a real idiot walking back to my desk after that one. But hey, at least we learn something from the dumb mistakes, right?

ryan_hart3814d ago

Three hours? Man, I woulda started throwing things by the 45 minute mark. That's some serious patience you got there, I'd have probably kicked the printer by hour two.

the_cameron14d ago

Oh I've definitely been that level of oblivious, just staring at a dropdown for an hour.