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Is it ok to chain more than 2 switches together?

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BZeto

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We have our gigabit core switch in the server room, and all classroom/lab switches (which are 24 port 100mbit with 2 gigabit ports) and the other switches in the server room are connected to it. The old core switch didnt have enough ports so one of the classroom switches wasnt connected to the core and was running at 100mb instead of gigabit.

Anyway, we got a new core switch with more ports. So I went to connect that one classroom switch right to the core. The classroom already has 2 switches, Switch A is already running at gigabit speed. Would it be ok for me to connect Switch B to the remaining gigabit port on Switch A?

Its really not a big deal since there is another uplink port on the patch panel that goes to the server room that I can use, but I was just curious if I can just connect it to Switch A instead.

Thanks
 
You can connect sB to the gigabit port on sA no problem. Daisy chaining switches is common for closets where you only have 1 link to your main switch but multiple closet switches to connect.

The only problem with this, and to apply it to your situation, is if sA or the link to it goes down, not only is sA down but sB is down as well. This is where technologies such as EtherChanneling come in handy (cant recommend anything like this because I dont know your setup).

Seeing as you have multiple links back to your main switch, its your call 🙂
 
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