Typical Redundant Ring Network with
6 Managed Switches
(Recovery time < 250ms)
1
2
3
4
5
5 “hops”
between
A & B
Switch Switch
Switch
Example 2: Using Path Costs to Establish Primary & Backup Connections:
The path cost can be used to distinguish the best connections to use. You can assign a higher
cost to pathways that are more expensive, slower or less desirable in any way. The managed
switches will then add up the path costs to determine the best route back to the root switch.
See the example below.
NOTE: In most networks you may leave the path costs set to the default settings and allow the Switches to automatically
determine the best paths.
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