Blog posts tagged with 'network troubleshooting'

Choosing a network consulting partner is about more than technical skill, it requires responsiveness, accountability, documentation, and the ability to scale when your organization needs help most. This article explains how Link Technologies, Inc. combines more than 20 years of practical engineering experience, a staffed support team, a structured help desk process, and an established MikroTik relationship to deliver dependable long-term network consulting. See why customers trust Link Technologies, Inc. for urgent troubleshooting, major infrastructure projects, and ongoing technical guidance.

Traceroute is one of the most valuable network troubleshooting tools available, but it is also one of the most misunderstood. This article explains why routers from Cisco, Juniper, MikroTik, and other vendors intentionally deprioritize ICMP responses generated by their control plane, often causing apparent packet loss on intermediate hops while forwarding production traffic without issue. By understanding how traceroute, ICMP, and modern router architectures work together, network engineers can accurately distinguish between harmless diagnostic behavior and genuine forwarding problems.