Comment on Student dorm does not allow wifi routers
fishos@lemmy.world 1 week agoIf everything is set up perfectly, it should work, sure. Now how many people do you think even know the difference between WAN and LAN? You expecting the bio or art major to not make any mistakes at all? Or the business major?
repungnant_canary@lemmy.world 1 week ago
But if the bio or art major can seriously affect your network then is that even their fault? What if someone had skill and malicious intent?
fishos@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Lmao you are oblivious if you think it’s possible to set up a network that someone CANT fuck up while having physical access to it.
It’s not magic.
The point is NETWORKS ARE COMPLICATED. Users are generally dumb. The point is you don’t expect them to have the knowledge to do it right. So they’ll break something. Users with actual knowledge could yes, break things even worse.
That’s EXACTLY why they’re restricting hardware use.
Welcome to the conversation, smh
repungnant_canary@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I do know from experience that networks are complicated and users are dumb, but I still think that if someone with barely any knowledge and without malicious intent can mess with your network then something’s wrong with the setup.