Hi Experts,
we have 4 switches all running at the same speed, same model.
the current setup is that we have 1 network cable which goes into switch 1 and then daisy chains to switch 2 and 3 and 4.
my router has 6 outputs, would I benefit by taking a connection into each switch directly from the router?
peggiegreg
It will go then PC -SW4-Router-SW1-PC
before in your current setup it was PC-SW4-SW3-SW2-SW1-PC
Each switch only has limited internal thoughput, if also much traffic in one of the chained swiches occour that is between PCs directly connected to this witch it will also slow down bandwith of the go though connections of the daisy chain.
In most cases daisy chain topology is worse than a star topology.