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colclark
Jan 26, 2021Aspirant
GS110EMX - using ports 9 or 10 to link switches in a ring
Hello, I'm wondering about how to use the GS110EMX 9/10 port to link 3 switches to each other to facilitate access to my internet from throughout a building. I'd like to attach wifi access ...
colclark
Jan 26, 2021Aspirant
Yes, thank you, what I'm looking for specifically is the configuration for ports 9 and 10 given 3 switches hooked together in a ring if I use ports 9 and 10 to connect them.
schumaku
Jan 26, 2021Guru - Experienced User
Unless you run VLANs it's plain plug and play - except of this:
The GS110EMX is a lightly configureable switch core, there is no STP, RSTP, or MST - it can't participate in a network with redundant ring layout.
So either some dasy chain...
#9 <-> switch 91 <-> switch 92 <-> switch 93
#10<-> switch 101 <-> switch 102 <-> switch 103
...or hub and spoke...
#9 <-> switch 91 <-> switch 92
<-> switch 93
#10<-> switch 101 <-> switch 102
<-> switch 103
sorry, missed the subject "ring"
#9 <-> switch 91 <-> switch 92 <-> switch 93 <-> #10 can't be done (as mentioned above - all switches would require STP [obsolete], RSTP, or MST for a multi VLAN ring design)
- colclarkJan 26, 2021Aspirant
Thank you.
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