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How many M4300's can I cascade?
When I first learned switches, I was told you should never have more than 5 connected unless they use a backplane stacking cable. I have them connected via the 10g sfp ports.
Anyone know if the 5 stack rule applies to the M4300s? We currently have 5 but may need more.
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drenigoln wrote:
Anyone know if the 5 stack rule applies to the M4300s? We currently have 5 but may need more.
While many questions about routers are generic and could be answered anywhere, some things need specialist knowledge.
You might get more help, and find earlier questions and answers specific to your device, in the appropriate section for your hardware. That's probably here:
Discuss Ethernet Switches Plus and Pro Managed
You might like to search there for messages related to your problem.
I will ask the Netgear moderator to move your message.
In the meantime you could visit the support pages:
Support | NETGEAR
Feed in your model number and check the documentation for your hardware. Look at the label on the device for the model number.
Check for various troubleshooting tips.
You may have done this already. I can't tell from your message.
I mention it because Netgear stopped supplying printed manuals and CD versions some years ago and people sometimes miss the downloads.There might be smarter switch layout available than a plain linear cascade. We have much higher bandwidths available nowadays than the X times 10Mb from the 1980ties we used wit DEC back then. With IEEE 802.1d, the recommended consideration when designing the network with STP is not more than 7 hops. On the default timer parameters STP is expected to work fine till 7 hops. Beyond 7 hops the STP will work but it might bit a little hard to predict the behavior of the STP, which might result in a lots of network problems. From an individual switch perspective like from the root bridge the STP diameter should not be more than 7 hops away. We suggest to contact Netgear for Network design for AV over IP installations proAVDesign@netgear.com
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