The USE Method is a model for troubleshooting a system that is in distress when you don't know exactly what the nature of the problem is. For example, if users within a specific part of your network are complaining of slowness, disconnects and poor application performance, you can probably isolate your troubleshooting to 2-3 switches or routers. However, since the problem description is so vague (we all love the "it's slow!