AP650(AH)'s 1g or 2.5G Ethernet port

[systemscsn]

Hi all,

question about our AP's, especially our AP650(AH)'s.  We have abotu 150 or so of them.

We have HP/Aruba 2920 and 2930F switches with Ethernet ports of 100/1000 and its fiber gbic transceiver port is 1000, so they max out at 1gb ports.

When we did this project, the consultant had us plug our AP's into the 2.5g ports of the AP's and not the 1g port, which in turn plug into our switches 1g ethernet ports.

I dont recall what his reasoning was, but im now curious as to why he would have had us do that.  is there really any difference? does it just step down to match our max port speed of 1gb (1000)?  is there any advantage of using the AP's 2.5g port against our switches 1gb port?

Many thanks,
Jason.

[systemscsn]

Anyone?

[dennisph]

all 6,500 of mine are plugged in to the 2.5g port connected to cisco 2960x 1g ports.  Some uplinks are 10g to cisco most are 1g.  I just like using eth0 because reasons :).  I see no reason to switch it looks like access point negotiates down to a gig.  If you get new Mgig switches you are ready to go.