1. Do I connect each switch to each LAN port of the router ?
Yes, you can do this. You can just connect each of the GS752TPP to the LAN ports of your Draytek Vigor 2952 router.
Does your Draytek Vigor 2952 router supports VLAN? If yes, then you can assign a VLAN to each of the 4 LAN ports. Then, connect a GS752TPP to each of the LAN port.
2. Do I daisy chain my switches ? (Port 48 to port 1 on the next one )
Yes you can also do this. Be informed that you can daisy chain or cascade a number of GS752TPP switches because there is no limit on it. However, the good practice would be up to 2-3 switches daisy chained. Its because the more switch that you daisy chain will add latency on the network.
It would be best that you connect your GS752TPP switches using LAG preferably LACP (Link Aggregation Control Protocol). Here are the advantages of having LACP configured between the GS752TPP switches:
1. Even if one physical links fails, it will detect if the point-to-point connection is using a media converter, so that the link status at the switching port remains up. Because LACPDUs (Link Aggregation Control Protocol Data Units) do not form a component of this connection, the link will be removed from the link aggregate. This ensures that packets will not be lost due to the failed link.
2. Both of the devices can mutually confirm the LAG configuration. Errors in the configuration or wiring will be detected.
3. Do I use the fibre uplink ports ? (How do I set this up? )
Yes, you can also do this. Be informed that this is commonly used when two switches are over the 100 meters distance limitation of ethernet, then you connect using fiber via the SFP port. For the GS752TPP switch, you will need to use either of the compatible SFP modules as listed below :
a. AGM731F SFP transceiver 1000BASE-SX, SFP short-reach multimode LC GBIC
b. AGM732F SFP transceiver 1000BASE-LX, SFP long-reach multimode LC GBIC
c. AGM734 SFP transceiver 1000BASE-T, SFP copper RJ-45 GBIC
