gandalf_der_13te@feddit.org to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agohow to build a loopback deviceassets.chaos.socialimagemessage-square39linkfedilinkarrow-up1258arrow-down11
arrow-up1257arrow-down1imagehow to build a loopback deviceassets.chaos.socialgandalf_der_13te@feddit.org to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square39linkfedilink
minus-squaremarcos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·4 days 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-up7·4 days 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