Using managed switches

[rioguy]

Ok, so I have a question that involves both network switches and music.  I have a soundboard and want to use 2 switches between the stage and soundboard to send and receive audio.  Can I use the sfp port with a fiber line to run from one switch to the other and then in the management utility of the switches essentially mirror the ports?  Basically I want to combine all signal into that fiber line instead of running 24 separate cat-5 lines.  I don't believe this should be an issue, but I wanted to make sure it's possible before buying the equip.

 

Thanks!

[Wombo]

I'm a little bit confused as to what you want exactly. If you only have the sfp and the fibre lines connecting the two, you won't have any problems and you really shouldn't need to change anything.

[skywake]

I'm not really sure if that's possible. You can mirror a port on the same switch but doing it on another switch? I wouldn't count on it. I mean purely from a maths point of view you're trying to fit "24 ports" down one 10Gbps line right? I mean that can't possibly work if it's 1-1. Yeah? That said if you have 24 machines in one place and need 24 machines in another? That'd work. I think it's probably a better idea just to rethink what you're trying to do here

 

Can we have some sort of layout? It'd be far easier than just asking whether or not this specific solution will work.