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marcconeley · 04-09-2010

Hi,Sorry, I am Cisco newbie but I need some help here:I have a small network environment with one layer 3 Catalyst 3750 and two Catalyst 3560s running VLANs across them. All switches are placed in the same network rack.There is some debate about how ...

marcconeley · 04-09-2010

Yep! You hit the nail on the head! If we need fibre in future, I'll buy them then!It's great feedback and definitely given me a few things to think about.Really, in small environment like this remote office I am dealing with, it sounds like it comes...

marcconeley · 04-09-2010

"We always use fibre optic for uplinks. One of our reason is neatness. Another is the use of the ports. Why bother using SFP ports? If I was to interconnect using copper, I'd settle for 2960 series of switches."Interesting point.We use the SFP ...

marcconeley · 04-09-2010

But thats my point - there would only be a benefit using fibre if my switches were placed a long distance apart.As it is, a 10cm cable can link them - over such a short distance, I still haven't understood the benefits of using fibre over CAT5e/6!Fib...

marcconeley · 04-09-2010

We don't have the fibre already - a consultant would like me to buy the fibre SFPs & cables whereas I would prefer to simply use my existing RJ45 gbic adapters and CAT5e cables to connect the switches.Actually I just read that the Cisco interconnect ...

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