Also, the ports on the ER-X are gigabit as well, so practically speaking, assuming the switch is connected to one of the ER-X LAN ports, you can connect to either. It might be super-marginally better to connect to one or another to reduce contention or switch hops somewhere (which will depend on where the majority of the traffic is occuring), but for the most part it doesn't matter.
The main thing to avoid is loops. Don't connect switch ports to switch ports, ER-X LAN ports to ER-X LAN ports, or more than one link between the ER-X LAN ports and the switch ports. You'll know if you did this because: a) things will start acting very funny and not work very well; and b) LEDs will be blinking furiously. I almost hesitate to mention this because: i) you probably didn't read this far; and ii) if you did, it will only give you the subconscious idea to try it out. On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 3:27 AM Russell Senior <[email protected]> wrote: > Where is the switch in your network? I don't recall seeing that detail. > > On Sun, Dec 22, 2019 at 1:09 PM Rich Shepard <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On Sun, 22 Dec 2019, wes wrote: >> >> > The phrasing here is not as clear as it could be. It sounds like you're >> > referring to the two connections as if they are totally separate. >> >> Wes, >> >> There are three ports on the PoE injector: AC power off the wall wart, >> "Data >> In" on the PoE injector in which is connected to either the router (any >> LAN >> port) or the gigabit switch (any port), and "Pwr+Data Out" which is >> connected to the Meraki. My question was to what the "Data In" port >> should be >> connected: the router or the gigabit switch. Either way, the inejctor is >> between the "Data In" supplier and the WAP. >> >> > ER-X <-> POE injector (with power supply also connected) <-> Meraki WAP >> >> Thank you. That's what I assumed and asked for confirmation which you >> supply. >> >> Happy holidays, >> >> Rich >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PLUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
