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How do I connect two switches
I have two XS508M 10gb switches. Can someone please tell me the best way to connect either together or direct to router. Do/can I connect the two switches together or should I run two independent c...
Hi thanks for reply.
When l mentioned other kit l mean Hive control for central heating etc and another hub for home lighting control (Phillips Hue). When l added the second switch which was connected in series if you like then with another port connected to the router the two hubs would not work/connect. However when l connected the hubs to the other identical switch all worked ok. That seemed strange to me.
I will try two lines from router to each switch as soon as l make up a new cable.
Regard to speeds no idea what the router gives but as l said both switches 10gb also the Nas drives on my network. The connected pc l just finished building is only 2.5gb motherboard as no spare slots for a 10gb card as used in my old scrapped pc. So a mixture of speeds.
But my main question is should l connect each switch individually to the router or just loop them together with one line to router?
Hope your crystal ball has a good holiday. Lol
Thanks again
Chucklesuk wrote:
When l mentioned other kit l mean Hive control for central heating etc and another hub for home lighting control (Phillips Hue). When l added the second switch which was connected in series if you like then with another port connected to the router the two hubs would not work/connect. However when l connected the hubs to the other identical switch all worked ok.
Probably two beautiful examples of non-fully-standard-compliant Ethernet kits - the link auto-negotiation does go to a mode to unsupported link speeds.
This goes that far that at least Hive does state it can't work with 2.5 GbE ports. 5 GbE and 10 GbE have apparently not hit them in masses yet.
Sometimes possible workarounds are using fully wired RJ45 copper cables with four pairs (eight strands). In case this still fails, there is no other option than adding a simple Gigabit Switch (or Fast Ethernet Switch) to the installation.
Root cause is that the Hue Hubs and Hive Hubs (and other devices) are incredible keen for auto-negotiating to 10 Mb/s Full Duplex - despite of being 100FX-capable - what is not available on these modern Multi Gig switch and router ports.
At least some vendors (here: Hive) are honest:
This isn't limited to Netgear's XS505M and XS508M switches - any brand switch and router brands are affected, including Cisco (heavy iron and SMB), Ubiquity, ....
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