I have a RT-N66U running the latest Tomato firmware as well as:
HP Procurve 1810-24G
D-Link DES-1210-28P
At the moment I have each switch hooked up to the router via a gigabit connection, and then my devices split across both switches. Devices that run LACP (Synology NAS and my PC) are on the HP as well as any devices that will transfer a lot of data between itself and the LACP devices. The D-Link primarily provides PoE for 10 security cameras, all of which write to the NAS.
So, I'm thinking that all the video recording goes via the router when there is no need, so is there any harm in me daisy chaining the switches? Would it be possible to LACP the switches with the router, so that each uses 2 of the available ports on the router?
What would happen if I just connected a couple more cables from each switch to the router without enabling any kind of LACP/bonding? Will it just use it or will my network get all confused and give up?
HP Procurve 1810-24G
D-Link DES-1210-28P
At the moment I have each switch hooked up to the router via a gigabit connection, and then my devices split across both switches. Devices that run LACP (Synology NAS and my PC) are on the HP as well as any devices that will transfer a lot of data between itself and the LACP devices. The D-Link primarily provides PoE for 10 security cameras, all of which write to the NAS.
So, I'm thinking that all the video recording goes via the router when there is no need, so is there any harm in me daisy chaining the switches? Would it be possible to LACP the switches with the router, so that each uses 2 of the available ports on the router?
What would happen if I just connected a couple more cables from each switch to the router without enabling any kind of LACP/bonding? Will it just use it or will my network get all confused and give up?