Best Practice for multiple switches in a network
Hi There
I am looking for some advise on our network.
Currently we have 5 switches daisy chained together;
1x Level 1 GSW 2457 (Gigabit),
1x DLINK DGS 1024D (Gigabit),
1x Netgear JGS 524 (Gigibit) and,
2x DLINK DES 1228P's (Fast Ethernet).
This has never caused us any grief until recently when things went haywire. We reset all our switches and things seemed to come right. We are now thinking maybe we don't have the best possible setup.
Is it more advantageous for us to have a "core" switch that will then distribute to the others? If so what switch should we use. We have an IP based telephony system which requires both our PoE Web-Smart switches for phones. Gigabit networking speeds are essential for day-to-day business.
Currently we are just using all these switches as JBOS (Just a Bunch Of Switches) with no networking priority etc.
Cheers
I am looking for some advise on our network.
Currently we have 5 switches daisy chained together;
1x Level 1 GSW 2457 (Gigabit),
1x DLINK DGS 1024D (Gigabit),
1x Netgear JGS 524 (Gigibit) and,
2x DLINK DES 1228P's (Fast Ethernet).
This has never caused us any grief until recently when things went haywire. We reset all our switches and things seemed to come right. We are now thinking maybe we don't have the best possible setup.
Is it more advantageous for us to have a "core" switch that will then distribute to the others? If so what switch should we use. We have an IP based telephony system which requires both our PoE Web-Smart switches for phones. Gigabit networking speeds are essential for day-to-day business.
Currently we are just using all these switches as JBOS (Just a Bunch Of Switches) with no networking priority etc.
Cheers
Are all these switches in the same room (i.e. server/telcom room)? If so, I would recommend going with 3x 48 port cisco 3750G-PS switches. You can stack them together to give you one virtual switch. No need to worry about STP, etc... To save money (thousands $$$), you can only buy 1 of them with PoE and the other 2 non-PoE. If in different topology, please let me know and will post again.
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Very good, reaffirmed by thoughts but with more precision and gave some good ideas.
Are all these switches located in the same room?