Problem connecting 3 switches

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Hi, we have in our company 3 switches: 2 Powerconnects 2724 e 1 3COM. I'm connecting them in a cascade in the following way: The 2 Powerconnects are linked together by port 24 using a straighthru cat6 cable. 1 one of the Powerconnect is then linked using port 16 with the 3COM in port 24. This works but the network is slow. When i try to ping each Dell i receive high values, 53ms, 93ms and etc followed by normal ones =1ms or even 1ms. When i ping the 3COM switch the values are allways normal ones. Does anyone have an idea about what's going on ? Any sugestions ? Thanks in advance, Carlos Vaz.

Crzywolf · Answer

TRY

Crzywolf · Answer

Try enabling Flow Control on all of the ports.

carvaz · Answer

Thanks ! One more question: Uplink ports in this model are 23 and 24, right? So I need to connect the 3COM to one of this port? Best Regards, Carlos Vaz.

Crzywolf · Answer

the uplink port can be any port on the switch, unless you are talking about using fiber then it is either 23 or 24.

carvaz · Answer

Thanks again for you reply. Could enabling flow control bring some other problem to the network? Do I need to reset the switch? Can it be done during work hours? Best Regards, Carlos Vaz.

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