Monday, November 16, 2009

What is the maximum number of gigabit ethernet switches that can be daisy chained together?

It completely depends on the switches used and the amount of bottlenecking you want. If you look at the switches before you purchase you will see in the tech specs how many clients maximum.


You are better off not daisy chaining switches, but having one central switch say a 24 port 10gig-e switch and then having 24 gig-e switches coming off this each with a 10gig-e uplink or module, to reduce bottlenecking.

What is the maximum number of gigabit ethernet switches that can be daisy chained together?
I don't believe there would be a limit, but how many do you need?
Reply:Should be checking with the switch manufacturer and their notes (eg Cisco), depends on the switch and how it is engineered if you are talking about chaining gigabit uplink ports etc.


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