BillRobinson
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Just wondering if this is a no-no.
Just as a background i'm using Allen-Bradley RSLogix 5000 over Ethernet/IP with remote IO racks and 3rd Party HMI. The switch is a Hirchmann with IGMP snooping enabled
I was doing an upgrade to an existing site last year which required an extra Ethernet connection to the thier PLC network. The existing switch had already used up all of it's ports so instead of replacing the existing switch I added a smaller switch and "jumped" the 2 switches together with a normal ethernet cable.
I was later told by a network guy that this is a bad idea.
Any thoughts?
Just as a background i'm using Allen-Bradley RSLogix 5000 over Ethernet/IP with remote IO racks and 3rd Party HMI. The switch is a Hirchmann with IGMP snooping enabled
I was doing an upgrade to an existing site last year which required an extra Ethernet connection to the thier PLC network. The existing switch had already used up all of it's ports so instead of replacing the existing switch I added a smaller switch and "jumped" the 2 switches together with a normal ethernet cable.
I was later told by a network guy that this is a bad idea.
Any thoughts?