Dear gentleman/madam, i was given 4 2724 dell powerconnect switches and only 6 patch cords. Besides that, i was given a challenge to connect them each other having a full interconnection schema (thanks my classes on graph theory, i could do it using only 6 patch cords). So, given any two switches there is a direct path between them. Instead of cascading, this approach avoid a single point of failure and allows, for instance, a uplink of 3 Gb/s between any given two switches and reduces patch cords usage (my graph edges in this scenario).
The problem raises when i turn them on: After some time (from seconds to 1 or even 2 minutes) the switches go crazy. I cannot even ping the ip assigned to the switch i am connected directly not to mention a desktop located on another switch. Is there any configuration that could be done to allow such interconnection shema ? thanks in advance. PS: please, forgive me my OT message, but i am really desperated. Could some one point me a better list to place my message?
