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Is it possible to have two uplinks?
Hi,
I have a #GS116Ev2 – 16-Port switch as the main switch for my home network. I've set up a NAS, Server, and another device in my cellar; as I only have two network cables going into that room, I bought a # GS108Ev3 - 8-Port switch to use there. My thinking was simple; I'll connect the two cables as uplinks and then connect the devices (NAS, etc) to the other ports (potentially dividing the bandwidth evenly). But when I try this configuration, I have problems pinging any device from any other device in my network; for me, it looks like I'm causing some infinite loop. Is what I'm trying even possible?
Thanks in advance!
These are plain L2 switches, there is nothing dedicated to be an uplink or a downlink port.
Very different, when establishing two connections to the very same network, network loops (or the expected countermeasures like port disabling) are predictable.
There is no need to divide load evenly. If you intend to gain some higher bandwidth over multiple links, port aggregation and LAG is the method of choice. This requires switches supporting link aggregation or link aggregation groups (LAG) on both sides of the LAG. From wally brain, the GS116E would allow to configure a s LAG using two or more ports, while the GS108E does not (feature not available on lower number of ports).
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These are plain L2 switches, there is nothing dedicated to be an uplink or a downlink port.
Very different, when establishing two connections to the very same network, network loops (or the expected countermeasures like port disabling) are predictable.
There is no need to divide load evenly. If you intend to gain some higher bandwidth over multiple links, port aggregation and LAG is the method of choice. This requires switches supporting link aggregation or link aggregation groups (LAG) on both sides of the LAG. From wally brain, the GS116E would allow to configure a s LAG using two or more ports, while the GS108E does not (feature not available on lower number of ports).
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