Looking over all the DIFFERENT information out there, and talking to = some Foxboro reps last week, we're still a bit confused. Is there a = large difference between a Mesh setup with a dedicated Root pair with = nothing but uplink ports vs. not having dedicated root switches and = living with the few 1G uplink ports on the normal switches (edge = switches)? We can easily get by without the need for the root switch 1G = ports, and because of the layout of our facility, it would cost us a = significant amount of cabling for each edge pair to touch the roots, and = if we did NOT make each pair touch the roots, then the extra 1G uplink = ports would serve us no purpose.=20 Just trying to get a handle on all this. Thanks. Matt Kinsinger=20 PPG Barberton _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave