Connecting Switches Together - How Do We Do That?

I'm going to show you really quickly the process for connecting switches together
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...and how connecting multiple switches together becomes the foundation for creating a computer network overall.

[spookingdorf]

Thank you for your informative video. Unlike so many instructive videos, you got straight into it without any long preamble. This is to be commended. Please spread the word.

[tahersadeghi]

Hi Ace. I have been looking for your videos for a long time. It is great to find your videos. Thank you, Ace.

[chasuav]

Very informative! Learn so many new things from this 6 min video. Thanks!

[bodmitri]

Exactly what I was looking for, great video, thank you.

[RadoMich]

OMG! No way to explain it clearer! Thanx!

[ghusttler]

I work in this field and this is good knowledge, good content .!

[networkingiac]

Great content! Keep oning! Hope, you've improved sound in your content!

[paulpoco]

5:00 regular cable between 2 switches(no uplink ports), I did this for a long time. I was getting this switch going down to a 100M connection, and this switch would like flash all the green lights then all off then all on then all off then start working. Well this caused a whole bunch of wired devices to connect only at 100M, bad for wired wifi boosters would only get below 100M with speedtest. Removed this 5 port switch and moved cables to another 5 port switch, this how i found 2 switches were connected together.

[Sabs]

Hi ace networker, if you use uplinks or regular ports, does it should set up ip's in thats interfaces ?

[Peppy]

Thanks for this, I couldnt figure out why i couldnt link one switch to another one

[smartassist]

For home network, I was going to use a 16port switch in office. Then an 8PORT switch in living room, then an 8PORT in kitchen dining as a Daisy chain.
Reason I’ll have 1cable from room to room. Then multiple available in each room off the 8PORT switches. 16port will be using most for printer and multiple computers in office. I “may”. Pull 2 of those lines (one to each of two bedrooms).

That way, lines between rooms are minimal. Once in each room, I can run them on floor bundled next to base board allowing lines/rj45s from multiple seating spots for guest.

I’m not concerned hiding them. We have long (L-Couch) and other furniture in living room .

Kitchen, run through cabinets attached to back wall out of the way and drop one rj45 down from top cabinet at intervals around kitchen counter. (Out of the way but accessible).

I’m disabled and very low income, can you recommend the best brand switch and model(s) to buy? Also for Daisy chain - how many of each type cable I need? Only last Daisy chain will be from front regular port to last switch rear port. 1gb non Poe is needed.
I have qty 1 managed 8PORT switch that was given to me. (Not used yet by me).

I will have separate router with POE 1GB PORTS for security cameras and devices to plug into. (Should I connect this router into main router directly? Or into a spare router I have first? (Any benefit doubling router up before primary modem router for security devices?)

Or

Run security switch Poe into 16port office switch to reach modem/internet that way? I though those as separate would be better going to modem.

But I am clueless!

[redabahlas]

Thank you so much dear technician, Tell me, Are there any differences between connecting switches using straight through and crossover method?
During the rain, The cable gets a high voltage and sometimes switches get damaged! WHY, Maybe there is a short circuit OR what!

Our access points use only 4 pins, can I use the other inactive pins as a earthing system / grounding in order to prevent the devices from lightening strikes/ short circuit during the rain.

THANK YOU,

[Sabs]

@AceNetworker questions
1- does all the switches will have be in the same subnet?

2- how should be set up the switches if you need have different ip in each switch does it possible or not?

3- what about Vlans does it possible to setup in the switches and got to have communication between each others?

thanks in advance and greetings from Monterrey Mexico.

[emilybaxterthecartoonywitc]

Hope I explain and ask the right question. My netgear router has 1 input from modem, and 3 outputs, and is located in my living room where I have a smart tv and playstation 5. In my bedroom I have a ps5, Xbox series x, a smart tv, and eventually a gaming pc. Can I put 1 switch from the first output on my router to connect front room, and put another switch on the 2nd output line running to my bedroom to connect those devices? Im looking at getting two of the 5 port TP-link unmanaged

[mihaitodea]

Ace please help me with an answer: If i need a redundant cable between (2) switches can i use for the first connection Uplink Port (Switch 1) to Regular Network port (Switch 2)and for the second (redundant) connection Regular Network Port (Switch 1) to Regular Network Port (Switch 2)? If not can you please suggest me a solution to have redundant connection between the (2) switches? Thanks a lot!

[muletowndumpsters]

So I purchased this BV-Tech 6 Port PoE switch with dual uplink ports thinking one uplink port could be used as a fail over for an alternate isp connection.

Am I wrong here?

[CaesarBuildsThings]

Hi Garrett. Question if you have time please. I have a main switch in the house and was planning on putting switches in several of the rooms in our house. So the wires going from the router are 568a as are all the current wires going to all the computers. Do I understand correctly that if I add a switch on any of those computer runs that I’d rewire those to be 568b?

[angryfurniture]

I’m having an issue with having multiple 2.5g switches on my home network. Have a cable going out of the 2.5g port on the modem to a 2.5g switch. Then I have two 2.5g switches connected to that modem that are in other parts of the house. Only one switch will have internet and the other can’t get an ip or not assigned an ip. And vice versus. Whichever computer turns on first on that switch basically makes everything else on the other switch not work.

[tluva]

If no uplink marking/ indicator is shown, or mentioned in the packaging.... Does that mean it's a smart switch & any port will work?? I'm talking the most popular, $20-ish, 8 port gigabit, TP-Link / Trednet units from Amazon

[teamtrinh]

Can you connecting a managed switch to an unmanaged switched?