On Sun, 2006-02-26 at 09:19 -0800, Abhishek Daga wrote: > Hi folks, > I did attempt a google for this but did not know what search term would > actually pull up a meaningful result for this. >
I tried http://www.google.co.in/search?hl=en&q=ethernet%2Bstandards to read up on the basics. > Setup: > 4 ports in each are used to connect to various PCs. > 1 port used up to connect to the wireless router. > > Problem: > I have had issues with routers where frequent reseting is required. > So to prevent the entire internal network going down because of a bad > router, I decided to make the connections redundant. > > > So connected Port 6 of dlink to port 6 of Dax. > Port 7 of dlink to port 6 of smc. > Port 7 of dax to port 7 of smc > with the assumption that even if the router fails, i'l have > uninterrupted access. I think one can only cascade unmanaged hubs/switches. The above topology was causing confusion within the switches, especially the wireless router (connected to all three switches) as to which port of the two ports to send the ethernet frame. I think only intelligent hub/switches can figure out paths for transmission, reserving the others for fail overs. -- Arun Khan Linux is like a wigwam - no gates, no windows, apache inside -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
