Talk:The Other Network/@comment-26525922-20150624162551/@comment-1083099-20180605205159

There actually isnt that much wrong with the technology.

The network cable usage is an assumption on your part. He refers to a grey cable you associate with dialup. Back in the days of dial up grey was probably the most commonly sold ethernet cable to home users. When I see a grey ethernet I have thaqt same association to dial up. it wasnt until later that I started seeing blue cables with the occasional red for typical consumer sales.

As for the ping issues you have, all it takes is installing netmon and yea, your computer will alert you when you are being pinged. It takes a bit of effort to have to go an explain all the detaqils of netmon and how it works to make the story flow, so instead the author just glosses over it as command prompt telling him. The same thing I used to do with clients. The fact that I installed an add on and executed a listener isnt as relevant as the fact that its possible to see when you are pinged, and that he received an unexpected connection.