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Hi,<br />
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Thanks for your help. What are SFP ports? Surely a 1Gb link via SFP ports would be the same as putting an ethernet cable in there? So these switches cannot be linked at the backplane?<br />
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Thanks,<br />
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Matt
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Hi;<br />
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SFP is fiber ports. You can use gigaethernet or fiber. doesn't matter. SRW2048 is not supported backplane stack connection.
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Many thanks. Looks like we need to cancel our order!
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You need a stacking module to &quot;stack&quot; (Sharing configs and high uplink). &nbsp;That particular switch does not have support for a stacking module. &nbsp;Personally I'd Just connect all of them to your first switch, and have it to do the majority of switching.
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Hi,<br />
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Thanks for the comment. In the end I noted that you can &quot;trunk&quot; some of the ports to make a bigger bandwidth link between switches.<br />
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So I linked four ports together from switch 1 to switch 2, and another 4 ports together to link switch 1 to switch 3. Then I put the servers, printers and high priority users (senior managers &amp;&nbsp;it department) on switch 1.<br />
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I set this up about a month ago and so far so good!<br />
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You are right though - that model of switch doesn't support stacking, so I have to manage all three separately on different IP addresses.
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Hi,<br />
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We have a network comprising around 120 devices (PC's, servers &amp;&nbsp;printers) which run through four netgear switches.<br />
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For various reasons we've decided it's upgrade time, and have ordered 3 x Cisco/Linksys SRW2048 switches. (<a href="http://www.equanet.co.uk/catalogue/item/lnksw037" rel="ugc">http://www.equanet.co.uk/catalogue/item/lnksw037</a>)<br />
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Question is - how to wire the three switches to each other for maximum throughput. We want to 'stack' them so they appear to be a single manageable unit.<br />
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I don't think that running a single ethernet cable from switch 1 to switch 2, and another from switch 1 to switch 3, is best. How do we stack them to achieve this? Is this what the &quot;4 x shared SFP (mini-GBIC)&quot; are for? If so - what cables do I use?<br />
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Thanks.
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Hi,

We have a network comprising around 120 devices (PC's, servers & printers) which run through four netgear switches.

For various reasons we've decided it's upgrade time, and have ordered 3 x Cisco/Linksys SRW2048 switches. (http://www.equanet.co.uk/catalogue/item/lnksw037)

Question is - how to wire the three switches to each other for maximum throughput. We want to 'stack' them so they appear to be a single manageable unit.

I don't think that running a single ethernet cable from switch 1 to switch 2, and another from switch 1 to switch 3, is best. How do we stack them to achieve this? Is this what the "4 x shared SFP (mini-GBIC)" are for? If so - what cables do I use?

Thanks.

How to stack three switches

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