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<blockquote data-quote="Jeff Stevens" data-source="post: 49323" data-attributes="member: 236">Re: CobranetWith unmanaged switches, you won&#039;t have to worry about Spanning Tree Protocol (it works to prevent switching loops, but can interfere with audio delivery) or Broadcast Storm Protection (as the name implies, it prevents too many broadcast packets from a host flooding the network, but can stop legitimate audio traffic).&nbsp; However, you will not have the ability to segregate the audio traffic from the data traffic or add QOS to the audio traffic so it gets guaranteed priority.It sounds like the amount of data traffic will be small, so that may not be a problem without segregation or QOS.&nbsp; I would try it and see if you encounter problems with that.&nbsp; Initially, I would add a hub in between the switches for testing and run Wireshark to see how the traffic is flowing.&nbsp; This won&#039;t work on an unmanaged switch, only a hub (if you had a managed switch, you could set one port to mirror all the others for monitoring). Right now, my only concern would be the data traffic messing with the audio traffic.I would also look into &quot;smart&quot; managed switches.&nbsp; Used, they are not too expensive and would give you a lot more features.&nbsp; Smart switches are simpler than full managed switches and they have a web interface allowing you to manage it with a GUI instead of a command line.~Jeff</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jeff Stevens, post: 49323, member: 236"] Re: Cobranet With unmanaged switches, you won't have to worry about Spanning Tree Protocol (it works to prevent switching loops, but can interfere with audio delivery) or Broadcast Storm Protection (as the name implies, it prevents too many broadcast packets from a host flooding the network, but can stop legitimate audio traffic). However, you will not have the ability to segregate the audio traffic from the data traffic or add QOS to the audio traffic so it gets guaranteed priority. It sounds like the amount of data traffic will be small, so that may not be a problem without segregation or QOS. I would try it and see if you encounter problems with that. Initially, I would add a hub in between the switches for testing and run Wireshark to see how the traffic is flowing. This won't work on an unmanaged switch, only a hub (if you had a managed switch, you could set one port to mirror all the others for monitoring). Right now, my only concern would be the data traffic messing with the audio traffic. I would also look into "smart" managed switches. Used, they are not too expensive and would give you a lot more features. Smart switches are simpler than full managed switches and they have a web interface allowing you to manage it with a GUI instead of a command line. ~Jeff [/QUOTE]

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