Cisco 2950 switch Vista network pull issue
I'm in a computer lab trying to load Vista enterprise software on a PC via a network pull. This involves booting a disk in the PC which brings up a screen to type in a shared network drive on our network. For example: \abc-prl.americas.company.comxyz_7_network_pullcontents. When the PC is connected to our Cisco 2950 12 port switch I cannot connect to the shared network drive. Connection failed. If I take a Cat5 cable and connect the PC directly into a port in the wall, I can connect. The wall jack has two ports, and the switch cable is plugged into one of them. So, what is the switch doing to deny access to the shared drive? It's plugged into the same location as the direct cable.
So, we have the same wall jack with 2 ports and different results:
PC to direct wall port - connection successful
PC via 2950 switch to wall port - connection failure
The computer lab is no different than any other room in the building other than there's just a 12 port switch for the PC's we have there.
We have this same problem with new PC's or laptops we're migrating to Vista on different floors in our building, (but in those cases the swtiches are in closets on each floor). Is this a VLAN configuration issue and we're missing something obvious?
I'm a bit of a novice and trying to help our team figure this out. Any ideas?
Software/Hardware used:
Cisco 2950 12 port switch
Software/Hardware used:
Cisco 2950 12 port switch
ASKED:
April 24, 2010 9:44 PM
UPDATED:
April 26, 2010 2:29 PM
Answer Wiki:
There could also be some sort of security configured like switchport port-security which limits the amount of MAC addresses that can connect to a port.
Check the security settings at the core first then move out to the edge.
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could be as simple as speed/duplex on the port, port could be shutdown, etc. Check the port configuration. Also look at the VLAN config on the switches involved