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I have 4 Gigabit LAN switches with one central (star config) switch and 3 other switches connected to it in a star config.<br />
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We run several streaming data apps and sometimes the user session connection (to apps server) gets dropped, I suspect it is due to heavy load on the LAN.<br />
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Should we change to switches with backplan cuscade cable which I suspect is much more efficient than using CAT6 cbales to join all the switches?<br />
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Also which managed 48port GBE switch is able to cuscade?<br />
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Cheers<br />
Joo
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I have 4 Gigabit LAN switches with one central (star config) switch and 3 other switches connected to it in a star config.

We run several streaming data apps and sometimes the user session connection (to apps server) gets dropped, I suspect it is due to heavy load on the LAN.

Should we change to switches with backplan cuscade cable which I suspect is much more efficient than using CAT6 cbales to join all the switches?

Also which managed 48port GBE switch is able to cuscade?

Cheers
Joo

Gigabit LAN switch - casacde cable more efficient than CAT6 cross cable?

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