08-19-2013 02:43 PM - edited 03-07-2019 03:01 PM
Ok. So this probably is a dumb question but I am going to ask it anyway.
Can you connect 2 switches on the same vlan as access ports?
for ex
sw 1
port 10 is on vlan 12
sw 2
port 10 is also on vlan 12
port 10 on both switches connect as uplinks.
08-19-2013 02:45 PM
Yes you can...
HTH,
John
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08-19-2013 03:31 PM
Just think about a situation where you have two managed, but unconfigured switches in that scenario. There are all ports by default in vlan1 and are also access-ports. The result would be that all vlan1-ports on switch one can communicate with all vlan1-ports on switch two.
In your scenario all Vlan12-ports on switch one can communicate with all vlan12-ports on switch 2. Using the connection as a trunk would be better in many situations as you could add different vlans on both switches later and these could also communicate through the trunk.
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