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I have a little similar story :) My wife had to do something and asked me to disable internet when I go to work so she won't waste time. I was in hurry and I j
by ajuc 5y ago
I have a little similar story :)
My wife had to do something and asked me to disable internet when I go to work so she won't waste time. I was in hurry and I just switched the "WAN" and "LAN" wires in my router. It worked, I went to work.
About 2 hours later my wife called me and said that guys from the internet provider came and asked her to fix it because the internet broke for everybody in nearby buildings who use that provider. My router was assigning local IPs to everybody :)
- cmeacham98 5y agoSee, this is what I expected the story to be like: instead the linked story is just "they were using a jammer".
- RandallBrown 5y agoHad something similar happen at a company I worked at. The conference room tables had ethernet ports and cables in them. Someone idly plugged both ends in, making a loop. This somehow screwed up the network for the building.
- cmeacham98 5y ago> This somehow screwed up the network for the building. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switching_loop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switching_loop
- slig 5y agoI'm very surprised they figured out the issue, down to the offending modem, so quickly.