Switch question.

Armadillo · 14 May 2014 at 16:25

Can I chain switches together or will it cause issues?

Currently I have a netgear gs608 switch. I want to attach another switch to it, so I only need to have one network cable running down the hall instead of three.

So can I just stick another switch on the end of the one cable, then everything in that room connected to the second switch.

Thanks.

V-Spec · 14 May 2014 at 16:34

Armadillo said:
Can I chain switches together or will it cause issues?

Nope it won't cause any issues,

Depending on the switch you *might* need a crossover cable go to between switches, but most modern ones auto-detect, so it should just work,

MagicBoy · 14 May 2014 at 16:40

Will work fine. Just keep in mine the three devices are constrained by a single cable to the other switch so there's a gigabit max bandwidth between all of them. It's not likely to be an issue, but I'll put it out there.

Armadillo · 14 May 2014 at 17:04

V-Spec said:
Nope it won't cause any issues,

Depending on the switch you *might* need a crossover cable go to between switches, but most modern ones auto-detect, so it should just work,

MagicBoy said:
Will work fine. Just keep in mine the three devices are constrained by a single cable to the other switch so there's a gigabit max bandwidth between all of them. It's not likely to be an issue, but I'll put it out there.

Ok, thanks.

It's just my consoles and sometimes a laptop. So no where near maxing a gigabit link

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MagicBoy · 14 May 2014 at 17:15

Same here, I've got a old 100MB switch behind the TV for it's smart connection, Sky and the consoles.