06-12-2009 04:33 AM - edited 03-06-2019 06:13 AM
i have 3 2960 switch having lan base image and 2800 series router and all in the default vlan how should i connect in such a way that no looping in the switches should be happen , can u please help me to send different no. of design
06-12-2009 12:45 PM
Hi,
I'm not sure to understand what you want to do as STP will take care of any layer 2 loop by blocking one of the interface. The advantage is it provide a backup path.
If you don't want any physical loop, you need to connect them in a cascaded way:
Switch1----Switch2-----Switch3
HTH
Laurent.
06-13-2009 07:59 AM
hi
thanks for ur response , actually i always worry about looping , can u tell me what are the cases in which looping happens and how to avoid it
06-13-2009 08:20 AM
You really do not have to worry about looping in that STP takes care of it. Like mentioned before, you can daisy chain the switches, or have more than one ethernet port on your router, but that really makes no sense unless we knew more about your design specifications.
06-15-2009 06:15 AM
If you connect your switches to form a triangle, you have a loop. But as I said before Spanning Tree Protocol was developed to take care of the loop by blocking one port belonging to the triangle.
If you loose another port, the blocked ones will become active providing a backup path.
So the question is not to be afraid about loops but is if you want a backup link or not ;-).
HTH
Laurent.
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