[lug] networking question

David Anselmi anselmi at anselmi.us
Thu Jan 22 12:23:28 MST 2004


Hugh Brown wrote:

> Is there any throughput advantage to connecting two switches with two
> ethernet cables as opposed to one?

I guess there are some switches that encourage this.  But for others 
this will be a bridging loop.  So if they support STP they will pick one 
or the other port to use, and if they don't they may break.  Depends how 
fancy your switches are.

Or am I just making this up?

Dave





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