On 05/03/2013 02:10 PM, Rick Stevens wrote:
Not necessarily. It's sometimes rather difficult to differentiate
between a hardware problem, driver issue or something further upstream.
You just have to be methodical in analyzing the issue. Often it is
out of your control (e.g. not being able to see how a router is
configured) and that makes it more difficult.
How true. I can well remember when most people would blame hardware
first, regardless of the symptoms. Now, many people, even those who
should know better, act as though the hardware can't ever be responsible.