I've been using a Nighthawk s8000 GS808E for some time now & am happy with its performance and software control. My question is:
Is it possible to configure multiple s8000s as one 'giant switch' & with one software interface? Or, does each switch need to be managed individually with its own browser IP? - here I am assuming it is indeed possible to run multiple S8000s on the same network without undesirable side-effects.
Seeing as I have not ben able to find any reference to this whatsoever, I would think not - perhaps this remains the domain of managed switches. Thanks in advance for any insights you may have & if indeed any others are running more than one of these switches.
Or, does each switch need to be managed individually with its own browser IP?
Each switch has to be managed individually.
Ref. one 'giant switch' idea: No matter if switches are stacked, daisy chained, in a spoke and hub config, or in a ring (the last one is not possible on this switch class lack of at least STP or RSTP) - the limiting point are always the links between the switches. To connect multiple GbE switches for example multiple SX10 (GS810EMX) would be better suited because the 10G ports can be used for the interconnections - offering ten times the bandwidth of a GbE link.
