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I want to connect a cisco catalyst 296g to a Dell Powerconnect 2624. &nbsp;3 questions I have are:<br />
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should I cascade them using cat5 or SFP connector? &nbsp;<br />
If using SFP connection is there anything I need to do internally on them to set that up?<br />
If using cat5 is there anything I would need to configure so that they would see each other or should it be automatic?<br />
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I need to know this quickly as we are moving on this next week.<br />
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Thank you,
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I want to connect a cisco catalyst 296g to a Dell Powerconnect 2624.  3 questions I have are:

should I cascade them using cat5 or SFP connector?  
If using SFP connection is there anything I need to do internally on them to set that up?
If using cat5 is there anything I would need to configure so that they would see each other or should it be automatic?

I need to know this quickly as we are moving on this next week.

Thank you,

Connecting a Dell Powerconnect 2624 to a Cisco Catalyst 296g

A switch is a device that filters and forwards packets of data between LAN segments. Switches operate at the data link layer or the network layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Reference Model and therefore support any packet protocol. LANs that use switches to join segments are called switched LANs or, in the case of Ethernet networks, switched Ethernet LANs. A hub is a connection point for devices in a network. Hubs are commonly used to connect segments of a LAN. A hub contains multiple ports; when a packet arrives at one port, it is copied to the other ports so that all segments of the LAN can see all packets.