What would happen if I left this setting blank?
The entire world economy would crash and we would spend the next 2000 years in a dark age ruled by the most brutish and violent warlords
The entire world economy would crash and we would spend the next 2000 years in a dark age ruled by the most brutish and violent warlords
>>60641247
It would be incredibly painful
>>60641272
>>60641287
this seemed important enough for him to post it twice. i wouldn't risk it,OP
>>60641247
You would have a hard time connecting to your default gateway.
Windows will become faster
Duh!
Your computer could talk to other computers on 172.30.x.x, assuming they were all configured the same way with the same netmask. And assuming the arp storms would be bearable. Your computer could not talk to any other network, however, including getting to the internet.
that's how you access the "Dark Web"
>>60641293
ipv4 u
>>60641247
If you do that and set up Chromium with a proxy server (with command line switches, not through the system proxy) then you don't need to worry about the big bad telemetry boogieman that keeps /g/ up at night.
>>60641416
That's a good idea, but what about muh games and steam and such?
>>60641436
>Steam
Enjoy your botnet. Run that shit in a VM or something.
>>60641396
>that's how you access the "Dark Web"
SHHHH!!! Don't reveal that secret, it's bad enough that most of the assholes that find out 666.666.666.666 gets them connected but geez man, don't fucking spill all the god damned beans, you moron.
>>60641247
No ebin internet menes for yuo :DDDDDDD
>>60641247
You wouldn't have internet access