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docs: code host connections: add "Sourcegraph can't connect to your code host" section to troubleshooting page#374

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Part of https://linear.app/sourcegraph/issue/SRC-359/

This PR adds a new section the code host connection troubleshooting page. It clarifies that a code host needs to be accessible over the network in order to sync repositories with it.

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Approve, but seems slightly redundant with the other PR that adds more explanation in-app

Comment thread docs/admin/repo/add.mdx

> Connection check failed: request failed: context deadline exceeded
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> This error might indicate that the code host is not reachable from your Sourcegraph instance.

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with your other PR, this message will change slightly right?

Do we want to reflect that here?

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No, this note takes into account the updating wording in https://app.graphite.dev/github/pr/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/62977/cmd-frontend-add-note-that-clarifies-that-your-code-host-needs-to-be-accessible-over-the-network-to-test-connection-button. (The "this error might indicate ..." message never existed before.)

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…e accessible over the network to test connection button (#62977)

Closes https://linear.app/sourcegraph/issue/SRC-359/

In the case where a user clicks on the "test connection" button and the:

1) The request never completed within 15 seconds
2) The request failed with a [net.DNSerror.isNotFound](https://pkg.go.dev/net#DNSError) error

One pretty good guess is that the code host is not actually accessible to Sourcegraph over the network. This PR tweaks the error message to add this hint + a link to our troubleshooting documentation. (See sourcegraph/docs#374)


## Test plan

Screenshots of this:


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1. Testing with a bad domain name

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1. Testing with a timeout (the IP address will never resolve)


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1. Updating an existing code host connection with a bad address


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