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[–] Toes@ani.social 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Replace the Ethernet cable with serial cables and it's perfect

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

Or at least a 2-wire cable with RJ11s

[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Did you bring a hub or a switch? Is it just 10 or 10/100? Cause joe still only has a 10 NIC and he will slow us all down...

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Eh, 10 is fine for LAN Starcraft, as long as nobody is downloading anything.

[–] knightly@pawb.social 7 points 5 months ago

The strat on 100 LANs was to gang up on the one person who smoked everyone in the game and start grabbing stuff off their fileshare at the same time.

[–] rumschlumpel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 5 months ago

RJ45-cables are still current tech ...

[–] jodanlime@midwest.social 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Mine's WuTangLAN

[–] FilterItOut@thelemmy.club 7 points 5 months ago

Replace the background with the Sierra logo and you'd complete the 80s-90s kid nostalgia.

Ancient artifacts created by aliens

[–] mrgreyeyes@feddit.nl 4 points 5 months ago

When hubs rule the LAN and CSMA/CD was at its peak.

[–] CCF_100@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

I really want to send this to the professor at my college who teaches networking

[–] Smorty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 months ago

Woah, what is this background image?