Connect dissimilar switches

[mrsix]

Hi there,

Kind of a silly question, but can anyone confirm that I can daisy chain two switches (3com 4200g - Nortel baystack 350-24t) by simply running a cross-over cable between 2 LAN ports?

I've read over all the material for the baystack switch, and aside from trunking, there isn't any info on using a second switch for extending my available ports.

Since there isn't any routing, I'm also assuming that I don't need to disable DHCP on either router.

Anyone have some insight into this?

 

[thiggins]

If these are unmanaged switches, there are no settings to change.

Yes, you can link switches together by connecting a cable between ports. If either switch supports auto MDI/X, you don't even need a crossover cable. From the quick look I took, neither of these switches does support MDI/X, so you'll need the crossover.