gandalf_der_13te@feddit.org to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agohow to build a loopback deviceassets.chaos.socialimagemessage-square39linkfedilinkarrow-up1321arrow-down11
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minus-squaremarcos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up26·1 month agoIf you remember to use a cross-over cable, it ruins the address resolution protocol and stops everything from working. Modern routers have code exclusively to detect it and disable the ports.
minus-squareThunderwolf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 month agoAnd if you don’t have spanning tree enabled, this could be a big problem
If you remember to use a cross-over cable, it ruins the address resolution protocol and stops everything from working.
Modern routers have code exclusively to detect it and disable the ports.
And if you don’t have spanning tree enabled, this could be a big problem