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hot take configuring switches is the network infra task that's most difficult to internalize. remembering dozens of properties for hundreds to thousands of ports on multiple pieces of equipment that are designed to act as if they're one device doesn't get easy
ignoring stacking, which is *relatively* straightforward, trunking switches together is basically Stacking - Hard Mode. stacking NG+
stacking is like "your switch? is now more switches"
trunking is like "oh i'm SORry, you didn't TELL me you wanted VLAN 180 to go to the rest of the company" while you're shooting steam from your ears and trying not to scream "WHAT DID YOU THINK I MADE IT FOR, DECORATION?"
trunking is like "oh i'm SORry, you didn't TELL me you wanted VLAN 180 to go to the rest of the company" while you're shooting steam from your ears and trying not to scream "WHAT DID YOU THINK I MADE IT FOR, DECORATION?"
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i haven't seen a switch with a feature to define a port as a "virtual stacking port" or something, so it just implicitly gets any VLAN you don't block. i feel like that's probably a thing and i just haven't worked at a level high enough to know about it
i haven't seen a switch with a feature to define a port as a "virtual stacking port" or something, so it just implicitly gets any VLAN you don't block. i feel like that's probably a thing and i just haven't worked at a level high enough to know about it
