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I would just connect the two via ethernet cable.
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I would just connect the two via ethernet cable.

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Hi, a contractor has terminated a fiber ethernet run into a Cisco ME 3400 in our rack, I need to connect my 2960-24TT switch to it. Is it simply a matter of patching a copper ethernet cable from the switch to the ME 3400 or do I need to use fiber between the two?
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Hi, a contractor has terminated a fiber ethernet run into a Cisco ME 3400 in our rack, I need to connect my 2960-24TT switch to it. Is it simply a matter of patching a copper ethernet cable from the switch to the ME 3400 or do I need to use fiber between the two?

Interfacing Cisco ME 3400 to 2960 Switch

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.

Switches / Hubs

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Routers

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