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    Core Switch dasy chain

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    by mihouser ·

    We have a old Cisco 3524 switch and also some Linksys SLM2024s. My question is. Should I dasy chain the switches togeather or have the SML2024’s going right into the core Cisco switch?

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    • #2850325

      It is not a good idea to ever daisy-chain ethernet switches

      by robo_dev ·

      In reply to Core Switch dasy chain

      Besides the obvious issue of creating a single point of failure, it is likely that the uplink to the Cisco switch will get over-subscribed, even if it’s a gigabit uplink.

    • #2874333

      Connect each Linksys switch directly to the Cisco switch

      by nicknielsen ·

      In reply to Core Switch dasy chain

      This way you’re putting the load on the core switch where it belongs and not simply increasing the load on each upstream switch.

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