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Can the current switch structure be changed to a mesh configuration?
We have a switch configuration in a tree structure consisting of M4300 24XF-Nodal -Fiber, M4300 24X-Nodal -RJ45, M4300-52GPOE Control -MediaServer, M4250 26G4FPOE Control-OpRoom, M4300-52GPOE-Dante, ...
DOHEELEE wrote:
Is it possible for data to find its way to the IP even without a router?
Yes, of course. Routing (L3) does always have more overhead then a pure L2 switched network.
DOHEELEE wrote:
Is efficient packet movement possible?
Any specific issues you are behind?
DOHEELEE wrote:
Can the current switch structure be changed to a mesh configuration?
Reading to much consumer WiFi marketing? Mesh networking has not made it into the switched Ethernet world.
First of all, I'm not a networking expert. Currently, our network topology is configured in a tree structure using M4250 and M4300 switches. However, for some reason, we are experiencing network issues that cause the entire network to go down.
As a brief thought, although it may not be a fundamental solution to the problem, I wondered if changing the network topology from a tree to a mesh could potentially allow for transmission to be routed to the other side in case of issues on one side.
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