Crossover cables

[StilettoOne]

What would happen if, in a computer with more than one NIC, I put a crossover between two NICs?

Would ANYTHING happen, or would the computer wig out, or what?

 

[Fuzznuts]

depends on the OS installed. in any case 99% of OS should be more than happy with multiple cards in. Only one tha i have had problems with is win95 it just didnt want t o play ball at all. if its an NT or Linux based os then you will have no problems whatsoever.

 

[Soybomb]

You'd have redundant loop backs I guess. 127.0.0.1 would be king no more.

 

[networkman]

Um.. would it hurt anything? No. Would it accomplish anything? No, not really.

 

[QTPie]

hahaha, just curious, why would you want to do that?

 

[SandLizard]

it makes you smarter when you do that, but has the unfortunate side effect of killing baby kittens. and it also raises smog levels in cities. i've done it twice.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: StilettoOne
What would happen if, in a computer with more than one NIC, I put a crossover between two NICs?

Would ANYTHING happen, or would the computer wig out, or what?

You'd be able to ping 'localhost' at duplex speed

 

[eliteorange]

you would dos your own computer cuz the pakets are goin wild!!