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Hello, I ran across your blog article explaining how you setup your 5424 switch. It answered some questions i had about just configuring a 5424 without the iSCSI being involved . This is the first time i have ever had to setup a managed switch. Was wondering if you might could offer a liitle advice for my situation.
Here is my setup …. i currently have a Dell 24 port 10/100 unmanged hub . We want to keep it in place but add the new 5424 switch into the mix. we are going to connect only units ( computers, 2 servers, etc) that can take advantage of the 1 gig speed of the switch. We are going to leave other computers or devices attached to the existing hub that work fine using only the old hub speeds ( this is not my idea, i was told to set it up this way). I also will put my 2nd 5424 switch in a wiring closet out in the facility.
Questions:
1. what is te best way to setup and connect the switch to work with the existing hub. do i have to configure a port on the switch with any particular settings or can i just configure all ports on the switch as VLAN1 general ports and just run a patch cable from a port on the switch to a port on the hub .
2. 2nd switch ….. do i just configure all ports as VLAN1 general ports and just connect the switches through any port.
i just want to make sure i don’t have to configure any of the ports that inter connect with the hub or the 2nd switch. I am used to the older unmanged hubs that you could connect cables without having to worry about doing any configuration. I’ve learned alot by doing a ton of reading but i have some catching up to do.
Thanks for any help or info you might offer,
Tommy Thompson
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if you are NOT going to use the switch for iSCSI traffic, setting all the ports up as VLAN1 is okay. you need to disable tagging(it might not be enabled by default if i remember correctly). you can do this from the web interface, which i describe how to access on the post.
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if you are not going to be segmenting your switch(everything is on the same subnet), then yeah, you can put everything on vlan1 on both switches.
the hub can plug in to any port in the switch, but all the equipments will just be sharing that 1Gbps connection port.
This powerconnect hub seems a little expensive for your implementation though. You can probably get a couple hundred dollars switch from dlink that doesn’t have the advanced functionality this switch does.