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chrish1984
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Sep 23, 2015
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Advice required on what I need to buy

Hi all   I've been tasked with distributing broadband across a campus and have a few questions regarding switching...   Another department has installed a 1000mb BT broadband bearer within a WAN ...
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  • JohnRo's avatar
    JohnRo
    Oct 02, 2015

    Hi chrish1984,

     

    I understand the distances now (I got confused before). I did find a solution but we still need to get back to our original problem, qouted below: 

    chrish1984 wrote:

    If I procure a 1gb distribution switch, how will this connect to the 10gb port on the core switch?

     

    I found the model M4100-12GF, this will be the switch under the core switch (if we can use a 1G port from the core switch). For the 4 other switch, I am suggesting models M4100-26G or M4100-50G. If there is no choice but to use the 10G, I'll see if I can find another solution and get back to you on that. 

     

    Thanks, 

JohnRo's avatar
JohnRo
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Oct 02, 2015

Hi chrish1984,

 

I understand the distances now (I got confused before). I did find a solution but we still need to get back to our original problem, qouted below: 

chrish1984 wrote:

If I procure a 1gb distribution switch, how will this connect to the 10gb port on the core switch?

 

I found the model M4100-12GF, this will be the switch under the core switch (if we can use a 1G port from the core switch). For the 4 other switch, I am suggesting models M4100-26G or M4100-50G. If there is no choice but to use the 10G, I'll see if I can find another solution and get back to you on that. 

 

Thanks, 

chrish1984's avatar
chrish1984
Aspirant
Oct 02, 2015

Thanks JohnRo this is really helpful.

 

If you could possibly find a 10gb solution I would be grateful. In the meantime I'm going to investigate the feasibility to using a 1gb port on their switch.

 

Thanks

 

Chris

 

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