Hello
I am not shure if my english is good enough to describe my problem and to understand the answer(s) but i will do my best and hope someone can help me out.
I have two cisco switches Model WS-C2924-XL-EN (one has two module slots, one not) both with IOS 12.0 Enterprise Software.
I want to expand my home network down in the cellar where i have an emtpy rack. But i don't have any Cable down there and no way to have one. So i must use other techniques like powerline or wlan.
One switch should stay in my rooms, one down in the rack. As interconnection i want a powerline and probably additional a wlan-connection (2 Accesspoints with Special antennas). I like to have this as bonded connection or maybe as failover.
So far i know Cisco named it Etherchannel and this should be possible.
But additionally i will use separete network segments with different protocols (one IP-Net, one Netbios, and probably an IPX Segment) which shall not be mixed.
I believe a Switch in general is protocol-transparent. But there are some helpers for IP Networks, so i am not really shure if the switch don't care the protocols or if (and how) i can set it up so it can identify the protocol-types on a port. Thats why i believe i shall do it port-based and probably i need some VLANs for it.
But i don't know if that is the best way and if vlans (binded to a group of ports) will do the job.
I know i have to set it up so each vlan will go through the etherchannel to the other switch and there it should land on another group of ports.
I know, its a lot of questions. Maybe i am totally wrong but i hope it is not.
Below a quick drawing to help you understand what i mean.
IP NB IPX