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Failover link between two GS728TPs
I have two GS728 switches in different buildings. There are two links between the buildings; a point-to-point wireless and a fibre. I would like to have both connected to the switches and have the switches automatically use the fibre as primary path to each other, and PtP wireless as a secondary/failover.
What is the best way to set this up? I've seen it done before using STP priority. But from reading through documentaiton, LACP might be best?
If LACP, I think I understand the concept - put the two ports in the same channel, and assign one a priority over the other? I've never setup LACP so wonddering if there's any pointers or something I can read that gives a better understanding than the switch manual - e.g. do I configure this on both switches or just one? Does anything at all need to be done on the other switch (e.g. disable STP?)
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Afraid, LACP is to aggregate two or more links with the same link sped and latency only.
STP, much more RSTP, is your friend for such a config.
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