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[โ€“] Hexorg@beehaw.org 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Plugged one ethernet outlet to another on accident. But they were wired to the same dumb switch. So essentially I connected two switch ports together. This took the school network down for 4 days ๐Ÿ˜‚

[โ€“] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's called a loop, which creates a network storm. I'm serious about those names haha

[โ€“] mvee@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Keep those packets coming!