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coupling switches
2019-07-07 08:00:34
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Hi,

 

I have 2 switches and would like to create a single vlan across the 2 switches, using 28 ports from switch 1 and 6 ports of switch2?

 

Do I have to buy SPF cables for that (and how much)? Can I do It using copper cable?

 

Regards.

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Re: coupling switches
2019-07-07 10:20:17 - last edited 2019-07-07 10:23:13

Do I have to buy SPF cables for that (and how much)? Can I do It using copper cable?

 

 

No. You can use any port and cable (RJ45 copper, SFP/fiber, SFP/copper) to connect two switches together. If the second switch is a managed switch too, you can share any VLAN(s) among selected ports. If the second switch is an unmanaged switch, you can also share a VLAN over all ports of this second switch (but only one VLAN).

 

To share a VLAN on two managed switches, define the two ports you use to connect the switches as a tagged port and as a member of the VLAN(s) to be shared. This makes the ports so-called »trunk« ports. Then make any other port of the first and the second switch a member of the VLAN it should be part of (so-called »access« ports if they are only assigned to one VLAN).

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