At a bank, a laptop proxy points at a host that does not answer, while office path tests to the application stay healthy. What should be fixed?
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Short Explanation
Mail shoved through a slot that opens into an empty closet never reaches the street. You fix the proxy setting on that laptop, because it points at a host that does not answer while the office path tests stay healthy. Replacing a cleared WAN circuit, raising a BGP alert, or moving the data-center agent leaves the laptop aimed at the dead proxy.
Full Explanation
Application traffic from this laptop is handed to the proxy configured on the endpoint. That proxy host does not answer, so sessions die on the client before they can use the healthy office path. The fix is the proxy setting on that laptop. Replacing the WAN circuit that the healthy office path tests have already cleared changes a path those tests show as fine and does not retarget the proxy. A BGP alert for a session those healthy office path tests do not implicate pages on routing state the evidence has not blamed, and it does not edit the laptop proxy. Moving the data-center agent onto a different host changes a vantage point that can already reach the application and leaves the dead proxy on the laptop in place. Exam caveat: a healthy path test from an office agent does not exercise the proxy configured only on one laptop. Operational check: compare the laptop proxy host with a proxy that answers, then confirm the office path tests stay healthy so the WAN change stays closed for this laptop.