RE: Cascading Switches

2001-01-25 Thread Rik Guyler
ittle more expensive, but better in the long run. Rik -Original Message- From: Gareth Hinton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 6:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Cascading Switches Why cascade them rather than using hub/spoke connectivity? Gareth &quo

Re: Cascading Switches

2001-01-24 Thread Gareth Hinton
Why cascade them rather than using hub/spoke connectivity? Gareth ""Maness, Drew"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > I've looked through the archives as well as on CCO but could not find a > definite answer to the limit of "cascading" switches, sp

Re: Cascading Switches

2001-01-22 Thread Vincent
Depends on the limitation of the diameter of the spanning tree ? Thanks Vincent ""Maness, Drew"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ¼¶¼g©ó¶l¥ó [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > I've looked through the archives as well as on CCO but could not find a > definite answer to the limit of "cascading" swi

Re: Cascading Switches

2001-01-22 Thread Tony van Ree
Hi, I can't find my figures but off memory you can have 5 bridges between 2 devices therefore you could have up to 5 switches between two clients or client -> server. This would probably suggest the to go more than 3 deep in your cascading could present a problem but could the links cope. Ru

Re: Cascading Switches

2001-01-22 Thread J Roysdon
I've never done it with 2900s, but the product docs seem to talk about it: http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/pcat/ca2900.htm -- Jason Roysdon, CCNP+Security/CCDP, MCSE, CNA, Network+, A+ List email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://jason.artoo.net/ Cisco resources: http://r2cisco.artoo.ne