The Mars Rover Satellite Angle Problem

Hi,

Just had a quick question. You know when, for example, you've connected to the local side on your WAN router, and there's a duplex or speed mismatch with the far side, so you hop onto the far side, and do a "no negotiation auto" or "duplex full" and it kills your connection. And then you have to drive out to the far side and console in to fix the problem.

Or when you VPN onto your intranet to change the VPN IP scope, only to have it kill your connection because you're using a vpn client. And maybe you weren't careful and typoed and now no can VPN in.

I'm wondering what that sort of problem is called. I figured I would call it the Mars Rover Satellite Angle Problem. Where basically, you can make a change, but the change results in your inability to make any more changes. I'm sure there's a more proper name for this.

Thanks,

rpartlan