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tonynsx
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Nov 10, 2020
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Types of 10 Gb cables for trunk

I have two 10 Gb Netgear switches on two sides of the server room, about 20 feet of each other. Right now, the trunk is only 1 Gb because I'm using a Cat 5 cable. I would like to make the trunk 20 Gb...
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    schumaku
    Nov 12, 2020

    Links participating in a LAG should run on similar speed and latency. It's the LAG operating the trunk - so be careful that you set the VLAN config on the LAG, not the individual link.

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