i have a 24 port version, and i'm trying to set up an HP switch in my office, that is connected to the office wing's closet switch (which goes back to gateway). I have a successful trunk from the closet to my office.... but NOT on ports 25 or 26....
i can get full vlan traffic to/from and ping everything, but only if i set an access port (1-24) as the trunk...when the ethernet cable goes into 25 or 26...i get NO traffic....
What could be going on? how often do these ports die off?