Adding second WS-12-250-DC to a tower

[54lariat]

Hey guys

I have a 12-250-DC at one of my towers, I was going to add a MINI for more ports, however I decided to plan ahead and use another 12-250-DC.

What is the preferred way to bridge the 2 switches.

Right now I have fiber from the office (CCR1009 SFP) to the tower 1st Netonix (via SFP) and the AP's plugged in to the copper ports. Since I need more copper ports I figured I would just use second SFP port on the 1st Netonix to bridge to the 1st SFP on the 2nd Netonix.

Is this suitable, any certain SFP adapters to use or can I just use a DAC cable? If DAC what is proven to work well with the Netonix?

[bavejik]

Hey guys

I have a 12-250-DC at one of my towers, I was going to add a MINI for more ports, however I decided to plan ahead and use another 12-250-DC.

What is the preferred way to bridge the 2 switches.

Right now I have fiber from the office (CCR1009 SFP) to the tower 1st Netonix (via SFP) and the AP's plugged in to the copper ports. Since I need more copper ports I figured I would just use second SFP port on the 1st Netonix to bridge to the 1st SFP on the 2nd Netonix.

Is this suitable, any certain SFP adapters to use or can I just use a DAC cable? If DAC what is proven to work well with the Netonix?

Hi buddy, following up on this, did you get any way out yet?

Regards,
Bave Smith
https://plex.software/ https://tutuappx.com/ Vidmate

[Dave]

I see nothing wrong with what you suggested..just run SFP from first switch to
second switch...you can always search our forum to see list of known working/not working sfp's..

[lligetfa]

...just run SFP from first switch to second switch...

What about DAC? Has that been tested?

[Dave]

yes, people use DAC's...below from mike99


I always use DAC in between switch and never saw any issues.
I use both Mikrotik FS DAC cable.

[lligetfa]

Good to know. I really hate to see fiber used with ham fisted techs. I've had too many issues with them contaminating the ends and too much trouble to inspect and clean the female end connections.