[lug] networking question

[jhswope]

In my experience only one port will act as an uplink (Cisco switch) but 
others may not have that restriction.

Hugh Brown wrote:
> Is there any throughput advantage to connecting two switches with two
> ethernet cables as opposed to one?
> 
> case in point: I have a network upstairs with about 80 active nodes.  We
> just put a network in downstairs that will have 72 active nodes
> eventually.  There are switches downstairs serving that network and
> switches upstairs (essentially we are forming a backbone).  The switches
> are unmanaged.  I assume it is a good idea to have a second cable for
> redundancy, I'm just curious to know if the throughput goes up.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Hugh
> 
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