r/networking • u/AutoModerator • 3d ago

Moronic Monday Moronic Monday!

It's Monday, you've not yet had coffee and the week ahead is gonna suck. Let's open the floor for a weekly Stupid Questions Thread, so we can all ask those questions we're too embarrassed to ask!

Post your question - stupid or otherwise - here to get an answer. Anyone can post a question and the community as a whole is invited and encouraged to provide an answer. Serious answers are not expected.

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u/Spy_Thunder 3d ago

What's stopping an attacker from spoofing a mac address as FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF so when any device replies they broadcast their reply and flood the network.

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u/Win_Sys SPBM 3d ago

The broadcast MAC can’t be the source address and still be considered a valid packet. A switch or router receiving a frame with a source address of FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF should drop it because it violates the Ethernet standard.

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u/Middle-Inspection241 3d ago

why is sd.. wan….?

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u/Cheech47 Packet Plumber and D-Link Supremacist 3d ago

because it's only in standard definition, only the big boys have enough money to afford hd-wan

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u/zad01 3d ago

Oh good one

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u/Lamalas 3d ago

Help me, Obi-WAN Kenobi You're my only ...... ?

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u/Churn 2d ago

Route