connecting switch for faster transfer rate..

[etgo]

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if i have to connect 2pcs 12ports switch, will it be possible to have this kind of connection? mas paspas ba ang transfer rate?

switch 1: port 1 connect to switch 2: port1, PLUS switch 1: port 6 connect to switch 2: port6? (making 2 connection lines instead of 1).

[SHENGTON]

Yes bro etgo...

[etgo]

so pwede pud d i akong e 3 lines ang connection?

[SHENGTON]

What do you mean by that bro etgo?

[Chipmunk888]

if i have to connect 2pcs 12ports switch, will it be possible to have this kind of connection? mas paspas ba ang transfer rate?

switch 1: port 1 connect to switch 2: port1, PLUS switch 1: port 6 connect to switch 2: port6? (making 2 connection lines instead of 1).

NO.


You should connect the two switches only using one unshielded twisted pair cable.


Connecting two switches with two UTP cables make the gadgets erroneous.


One crossover cable is enough to handle tolerable megabits of speed in the network, though this single cable may be a culprit to create bottlenecks and clogged-ups when multiple heavy packets transferred between these switches.

[mindz]

Pwede if your switch is a manage switch that supports LACP 802.3ad (link aggregation) enable in the port you specified for this protocol then whalaaaa.. you have a trunk..

[Chipmunk888]

Pwede if your switch is a manage switch that supports LACP 802.3ad (link aggregation) enable in the port you specified for this protocol then whalaaaa.. you have a trunk..

i believe he has the common and standard unmanaged switches which are vastly available locally.

managed switches that supports trunking are quite pricey.


@ etgo

if you have more than 12 workstations there, better buy a 24-port switch to maximize the network at its full-wire speeds without the bottlenecks =)

[CentOS]

Even if you had link aggregation and what have you, you won't really see that much of a difference, speed wise. Specially with 10/100 switches running on 100, bottlenecks just aren't that much existent on LAN's nowadays... specially with only 24 PC's.

[Chipmunk888]

Even if you had link aggregation and what have you, you won't really see that much of a difference, speed wise. Specially with 10/100 switches running on 100, bottlenecks just aren't that much existent on LAN's nowadays... specially with only 24 PC's.

If its configured with link aggregation or trunking, then yes, unnoticeable bottlenecks and tolerable yet.


But if its applied to an unmanaged switches, even at full duplex 200mbps mode, the single unshielded twisted pair wire shall be the culprit to cause decrease in performance and bottlenecks specially when huge multiple megabits files transferred simultaneously between these switches passing this single cable.

I experienced this with two 16-port standard 200mbps capable unmanaged switch. I transferred megabits of files from a port of switch #1(catering 11 workstations/pc1-pc11) to a port of switch #2(catering 11 workstations/pc12-20/server/mypc). The output was, clients playing counter strike(networked to multiple players on lan divided by the two switches), dota(networked to multiple players on lan divided by the two switches), and hooking-up online in different workstations experienced intolerable lags.

[r0mm3L]

use the uplink port