I get that. The wording was not misleading or ambiguous. In my job, I have to deal with network problems of various kinds from time to time, and at the network

I get that. The wording was not misleading or ambiguous. In my job, I have to deal with network problems of various kinds from time to time, and at the network layer, "online" has a specific meaning (Okay, actually several, depending on context), and that was what my brain came up with first. Like I said, I was nitpicking.