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Why is that? Wouldn't it just double the data volume, or does it do something else?
by go_prodev 8y ago
Why is that? Wouldn't it just double the data volume, or does it do something else?
- TeMPOraL 8y agoIt'll make the switch gum the network up with broadcast and multicast packets forever looping around the switch. Back in my high school days, looping two Ethernet ports with a patchcord was a trick you could use to take down the entire school network. I was under impression that modern hardware has safeguards against that, though.
- citrin_ru 8y agoThis safeguard is called STP (spanning tree protocol). I've seen it only in managed swithes and most SOHO swithes are unmanaged. It is easy to detect usage of STP using tcpdump.