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jasonh148
Aspirant
Jun 23, 2021

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 sw...
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schumaku
Guru - Experienced User
Jun 23, 2021

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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jasonh148
Aspirant
Jun 24, 2021

Good to know, thanks!

For RSTP, how do I tell it which port is primary/secondary? CST Configuration settings, set the port priority?

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    schumaku
    Guru - Experienced User
    Jun 24, 2021

    In STP and RSTP, it's about the interface path cost. The cost prioritizes routing to the destination. The lower the cost, the higher the priority.

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