Afternoon All,
I have a little network conundrum that I would like answering.
At present, all of our network is running on unmanaged switches. We have now had a few instances where people have plugged in patch cables to multiple switches causing loops and bombing out our network.
Obviously, this cant happen and as a result we are looking to upgrade the switches. STP will of course ensure that we no longer have any loops, furthermore we can add additional lines, and they can exist for resilience purposes.
That said, I want more. Ideally, I would like more than a 1Gbps connection linking up multiple switches to try and avoid bottleknecking.
For instance, I would like 3 Patch cables going from one switch to the other to serve as a backbone. What protocols should I be looking in to that would support this technology (so I know what switches to purchase)
I have a little network conundrum that I would like answering.
At present, all of our network is running on unmanaged switches. We have now had a few instances where people have plugged in patch cables to multiple switches causing loops and bombing out our network.
Obviously, this cant happen and as a result we are looking to upgrade the switches. STP will of course ensure that we no longer have any loops, furthermore we can add additional lines, and they can exist for resilience purposes.
That said, I want more. Ideally, I would like more than a 1Gbps connection linking up multiple switches to try and avoid bottleknecking.
For instance, I would like 3 Patch cables going from one switch to the other to serve as a backbone. What protocols should I be looking in to that would support this technology (so I know what switches to purchase)