There has been an increase in network traffic between two Catalyst 2960 switches, and their FastEthernet trunk link has reached its capacity. How can traffic flow be improved?

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There has been an increase in network traffic between two Catalyst 2960 switches, and their FastEthernet trunk link has reached its capacity. How can traffic flow be improved?

  • Add routers between the switches to create additional broadcast domains.
  • Bundle physical ports using EtherChannel.
  • Configure smaller VLANs to decrease the size of the collision domain.
  • Increase the speed of the ports using the bandwidth command.

Explanation: Increasing the link speed does not scale very well. Adding more VLANs will not reduce the amount of traffic that is flowing across the link. Inserting a router between the switches will not improve congestion.

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