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Combine 2L-SG2008P switches to give me 12+ usable ports Using Omada
Combine 2L-SG2008P switches to give me 12+ usable ports Using Omada
2022-03-03 02:11:33 - last edited 2022-03-06 03:49:07
Model: SG2008P  
Hardware Version: V1
Firmware Version: 1.0.2

What is the proper way to combine 2 of the TL-SG2008P switches together?  I had to buy two of these since TP-Link doesn't offer a 16 port POE switch at an affordable cost  and the 24 port POE is too expensive and overkill for my 12 LAN drops.

 

I currently have port 8 on one switch connected to port 8 on the other switch which is uplinked to the ER605.  I've seen people discuss LAG ports...but I have little networking experience with combining switches.  Can someone with more experience recommend the method using the Omada controller for aggregating the ports so that I have 14 ports to work with across the two switches?

 

If there are multiple ways can you cite some use cases for each way?  Thanks for any help you can provide.

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2022-03-03 05:52:48 - last edited 2022-03-06 03:49:07

Hi  @devn3t,

 

Since you only have two switches, so LAG is good enough. The purpose of LAG is to increase the Ethernet link speed between your two switches and make a link backup.

 

In normal case we just need two ports on each switch to build the LAG. The switch will consider these two ports are one "virtual port" once it works. 

 

One the Controller Devices-->  choose the switch--> On the right side menu choose Ports-->Edit the port-->Enable Profile Overrides-->Aggregating, click port 7 and 8, LACP-->Apply. 

 

Do the same thing on 2nd switch. Then connect two switches 7 and 8 ports with Ethernet cables. 

 

 

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Re:Combine 2L-SG2008P switches to give me 12+ usable ports Using Omada-Solution
2022-03-03 05:52:48 - last edited 2022-03-06 03:49:07

Hi  @devn3t,

 

Since you only have two switches, so LAG is good enough. The purpose of LAG is to increase the Ethernet link speed between your two switches and make a link backup.

 

In normal case we just need two ports on each switch to build the LAG. The switch will consider these two ports are one "virtual port" once it works. 

 

One the Controller Devices-->  choose the switch--> On the right side menu choose Ports-->Edit the port-->Enable Profile Overrides-->Aggregating, click port 7 and 8, LACP-->Apply. 

 

Do the same thing on 2nd switch. Then connect two switches 7 and 8 ports with Ethernet cables. 

 

 

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Re:Combine 2L-SG2008P switches to give me 12+ usable ports Using Omada
2022-03-03 05:54:15
Oh if you don't use Controller, here is another instruction for standalone mode: https://www.tp-link.com/us/configuration-guides/configuring_lag/
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2022-03-03 14:23:27

  @Hank21 Thanks!  Will give this a go when the workday is done and let you know how it goes.

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2022-03-06 03:49:36
Worked great and I now have both switches connected and operating.
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