Will an unmanaged switch work between two managed ones?

Question

Computer networks

Hello!
What happens if you connect an unmanaged switch between two 802.1q switches?
Will vlan/trunk work?

Answer 1

It very much depends on the unmanaged switch, I came across D-Link of the same models, but with different revisions. Vlans passed through one of them, but not through the other. In other words, no one can guarantee anything.

Answer 2

The trunk will work if the unmanaged one supports mtu over 1514

Answer 3

It works for me on one site. I agree that it depends on specific switches, but here https://blog.thelifeofkenneth.com/2014/03/pushing-... the dude checked several different switches, and he was lucky with all of them. I would venture to suggest that the problem was only with very old switches (but this is not accurate).

Answer 4

Plug it in and check it out.
No one here can give you a 100% guarantee on performance (with this connection method).