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cjn_bjss
Nov 29, 2017Aspirant
dropped packet using sfp fibre lag between x2 sets of stacked GS728TS / GS752TS switches
Hi There, Running into a slight issue with the LAG setup to join x2 office floors together onto the company lan. I have the following configuration presently: Ground Floor: x2 GS752TS x2 GS...
- Dec 08, 2017
cjn_bjss,
I believe it doesn't detect any loops within those switches that is why it is showing disabled. You may try connecting a cable from g1-g2 on the same switch just to check if STP will work. Even if you enabled LAG and the configuration from the other switch is incorrect, definitely, it will not show anything in the stats page. Make sure that both ends have the same configuration in setting up LAG and even in Stack configuration.
Regards,
JohnC_V
Dec 02, 2017NETGEAR Employee Retired
Hi cjn_bjss,
Welcome to our community!
As per checking in here that if you have 2 connections going to the other switch, it would cause some periodic ping loss or drops. May I know if the ports are set to Stack or Ethernet? Does the switch running on latest firmware version?
Regards,
cjn_bjss
Dec 07, 2017Aspirant
Hi John,
Thanks for getting back to me, and apologies for not responding sooner utterly swamped at the mo.
Anyhow, I've logged back onto the switches and got the following info:
Switches are all running version 5.3.0.25
Stacking port configuration: only ports g27-g28 on each switch have the option to be configured as Stack or Ethernet. They're all configured as stack to link the three switches on the floor into a stack. The Fibre SFP connections are using 1/g25 & 3/g25
One thing I have noticed is on the switching / STP window it's displayed as enabled. However, on the Port Detailed Stats page it's showing the STP Mode as 'Disable' and the STP State as 'Disabled'. In the LAG Configuration the LAG STP Mode is set as Enabled.
Is this likely to have an impact on the trunk as although I've enabled it on the switch / LAG it doesn't show as enabled on the stats page?
- JohnC_VDec 08, 2017NETGEAR Employee Retired
cjn_bjss,
I believe it doesn't detect any loops within those switches that is why it is showing disabled. You may try connecting a cable from g1-g2 on the same switch just to check if STP will work. Even if you enabled LAG and the configuration from the other switch is incorrect, definitely, it will not show anything in the stats page. Make sure that both ends have the same configuration in setting up LAG and even in Stack configuration.
Regards,
- cjn_bjssDec 15, 2017Aspirant
Hi JohnCarloV,
I've had another look at the configuration on the ground floor switches and noticed a config error. I've made the adjustments and it's all up and running now.
Thanks for the help
Chris.
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