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How to chain two standalone switches
I am building a network with 24 PoE IP cameras and 26 workstations and 6 IP Phones. I am planning to buy one GS324T/GS724Tv4 and two GS324TP/GS724TP/GS724TPv2.
Can I connect the switches using the SFP port? Will it not work since the switches are not stackable?
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Any port type can be used for a switch interconnection / trunk. Keep in mind the bandwidth of the trunk is limited to the link speed, it's suggested to establish at least a LAG with two links for this use case.
Note one of the differences of the GS7xx is the limited lifetime warranty, while the less expensive S350 Series GS3xx are coming with just five year limited warranty.
Stacking does just add the single point of management (adding certain more complexity in the update or device failure case).
Thank you for the clarification.
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