Yes you are correct .31 and .35 are 192.168.31.0/24 and 192.168.35.0/24. According to what i have gathered at my end. port 23 in the main switchroom is assigned VLAN10 which is our Managment VLAN. the way i am seeing things Vlan5 is assingned .31. My guess is all the subnets like .0, .10, .31 all have a VLAN assocaited with them. So i will be setting up port 1 and 2 up in the attic to be VLAN5 which is .31. Correct me if i am wrong.

Thanks

ok all the vlans are defined at the main router and VLAN5 is for .31if i am not mistaking and VLAN9 is for .35 which is already assigned to the attic switch. So i only need to define port 1 and 2 with VLAN5 so one would be the uplink from the fiber converter and the other on from the patch panel. Also, to daisychain the cisco 2950 to Linksys SLM248 48 port switch, i can use like port 23 since port 24 is the trunk. Below is the configuration from the main router … hopefully this would help

version 12.4
no service timestamps debug uptime
no service timestamps log uptime
service password-encryption
!
hostname Waldo_Host
!
boot-start-marker
boot-end-marker
!
no logging buffered
no logging console
no logging monitor
enable secret xxxx
!
no aaa new-model
clock timezone EST -5
ip cef
!
!
!
!
no ip domain lookup
!
!
!
!
!
interface FastEthernet0/0
description Trunk Interface
no ip address
ip flow ingress
ip flow egress
ip policy route-map PowerPath
duplex auto
speed auto
!
interface FastEthernet0/0.1
description VLAN 1 to Servers
encapsulation dot1Q 1 native
ip address 192.168.9.x 255.255.255.0
ip flow ingress
ip policy route-map PowerPath
!
interface FastEthernet0/0.3
description VLAN 3 to PACSV
encapsulation dot1Q 3
ip address 192.168.10.x 255.255.255.0
ip policy route-map PowerPath
!
interface FastEthernet0/0.4
description VLAN 4 – Doctors
encapsulation dot1Q 4
ip address 192.168.20.x 255.255.255.0
ip policy route-map PowerPath
!
interface FastEthernet0/0.5
description ER WLAN
encapsulation dot1Q 5
ip address 192.168.31.x 255.255.255.0
ip policy route-map PowerPath
!
interface FastEthernet0/0.6
description WIHCU Central Monitoring
encapsulation dot1Q 6
ip address 192.168.32.x 255.255.255.0
ip policy route-map PowerPath
!
interface FastEthernet0/0.7
description Annex subnet
encapsulation dot1Q 7
ip address 192.168.19.x 255.255.255.0
ip policy route-map PowerPath
!
interface FastEthernet0/0.8
description VLAN 8 VOIP
encapsulation dot1Q 8
ip address 192.168.50.x 255.255.255.0
ip policy route-map PowerPath
!
interface FastEthernet0/0.9
description EMAR Vlan 35.x
encapsulation dot1Q 9
ip address 192.168.35.x 255.255.255.0
ip policy route-map PowerPath
!
interface FastEthernet0/0.10
description VLAN 10 DeviceManagment
encapsulation dot1Q 10
ip address 192.168.100.x 255.255.255.0
ip policy route-map PowerPath
!
interface FastEthernet0/0.11
description NEW_VPN VLAN
encapsulation dot1Q 11
ip address 192.168.17.x 255.255.255.0
ip policy route-map PowerPath
!
interface FastEthernet0/0.12
description vsphere_manage
encapsulation dot1Q 12
ip address 192.168.101.x 255.255.255.0
ip policy route-map PowerPath
!
interface FastEthernet0/0.13
description vsphere_storage
encapsulation dot1Q 13
ip address 192.168.102.x 255.255.255.0
ip policy route-map PowerPath
!
interface FastEthernet0/1
description Hospital Lan – VLAN 2
ip address 192.168.0.x 255.255.255.0
ip policy route-map PowerPath
duplex auto
speed auto
!
router eigrp 10
network 192.168.0.0
network 192.168.9.0
network 192.168.10.0
network 192.168.17.0
network 192.168.19.0
network 192.168.20.0
network 192.168.31.0
network 192.168.32.0
network 192.168.35.0
network 192.168.50.0
network 192.168.100.0
network 192.168.101.0
network 192.168.102.0
auto-summary
no eigrp log-neighbor-changes
!

please let me know what i need to setup on the attic switch now … thanks

Thanks for the clarification, and the extra information was useful.

On the attic switch, you need to do the following to put the first two interfaces into the 192.168.35.0/24 subnet (VLAN 5)

!
interface FastEthernet0/1
switchport access vlan 5
switchport mode access
!
interface FastEthernet0/2
switchport access vlan 5
switchport mode access
!

You also need to create the vlan on that switch, so do the following commands as well

vlan 5
name ER_WLAN
sta active

Then if you do the command

show vlan

you should see these two interfaces in VLAN 5. Repeat this show command on the other switch, and check that vlan 5 exists on there as well. If not then do the commands to create it on there as well.

Then you should be able to conenct something to the attic switch on interfaces 0/1 or 0/2 and it will connect to that subnet/VLAN.

The interfaces that connect the two switches together just need to be configured as trunk ports, nothing else. The Cisco switches automatically carry any vlans on trunk ports, which makes that bit easy.

If you get any problems, please post again, and I will try to help.

Ok, i got the port 0/1 and 0/2 command, cause that what i thought it would be on the attic. Why do i need to add the static route to it … shouldn’t the main router that i provide configuration for will have the vlan already setup. the .31 is the wireless connection for the area up in the attic. Port 1 will be the uplink from the fiber converter box and port 2 will be from patch panel into the switch. The remaining will be static ports for .35. Correct me if i am wrong. Thanks. This is what i have on the attic

version 12.1
no service pad
service timestamps debug uptime
service timestamps log datetime
no service password-encryption
service sequence-numbers
!
hostname attic01
!
enable secret xxxxxx
enable password xxxxxx
!
ip subnet-zero
!
!
spanning-tree mode pvst
no spanning-tree optimize bpdu transmission
spanning-tree extend system-id
!
!
!
!
interface FastEthernet0/1
description *** Wireless Uplink from Fiber Converter ***
switchport access vlan 5
switchport mode access
!
interface FastEthernet0/2
description *** Wireless connection from the patch panel ***
switchport access vlan 5
switchport mode access
!
interface FastEthernet0/3
switchport access vlan 9
switchport mode access
!
interface FastEthernet0/4
switchport access vlan 9
switchport mode access
!
interface FastEthernet0/5
switchport access vlan 9
switchport mode access
!
interface FastEthernet0/6
switchport access vlan 9
switchport mode access
!
interface FastEthernet0/7
switchport access vlan 9
switchport mode access
!
interface FastEthernet0/8
switchport access vlan 9
switchport mode access
!
interface FastEthernet0/9
switchport access vlan 9
switchport mode access
!
interface FastEthernet0/10
switchport access vlan 9
switchport mode access
!
interface FastEthernet0/11
switchport access vlan 9
switchport mode access
!
interface FastEthernet0/12
switchport access vlan 9
switchport mode access
!
interface FastEthernet0/13
switchport access vlan 9
switchport mode access
!
interface FastEthernet0/14
switchport access vlan 9
switchport mode access
!
interface FastEthernet0/15
switchport access vlan 9
switchport mode access
!
interface FastEthernet0/16
switchport access vlan 9
switchport mode access
!
interface FastEthernet0/17
switchport access vlan 9
switchport mode access
!
interface FastEthernet0/18
switchport access vlan 9
switchport mode access
!
interface FastEthernet0/19
switchport access vlan 9
switchport mode access
!
interface FastEthernet0/20
switchport access vlan 9
switchport mode access
!
interface FastEthernet0/21
switchport access vlan 9
switchport mode access
!
interface FastEthernet0/22
switchport access vlan 9
switchport mode access
!
interface FastEthernet0/23
switchport access vlan 9
switchport mode access
!
interface FastEthernet0/24
switchport mode trunk
!
interface Vlan1
no ip address
no ip route-cache
shutdown
!
interface Vlan10
ip address 192.168.100.200 255.255.255.0
no ip route-cache
!
ip http server
!
line con 0
line vty 0 4
password xxxxxx
login
line vty 5 15
password xxxxxx
login
!
!
end

I just added the routes to the attic switch and below is the show valn … just to let you know i did not add the following to the switch cause i didn’t see the need for it, let me know if this looks good

Did not add this to the switch
vlan 5
name ER_WLAN
sta active

this is what show vlan looks on that switch
sh vlan

VLAN Name Status Ports
—- ——————————– ——— ——————————-
1 default active
2 VLAN0002 active
3 VLAN0003 active
4 VLAN0004 active
5 VLAN0005 active Fa0/1, Fa0/2
6 VLAN0006 active
7 VLAN0007 active
8 VLAN0008 active
9 VLAN0009 active Fa0/3, Fa0/4, Fa0/5, Fa0/6
Fa0/7, Fa0/8, Fa0/9, Fa0/10
Fa0/11, Fa0/12, Fa0/13, Fa0/14
Fa0/15, Fa0/16, Fa0/17, Fa0/18
Fa0/19, Fa0/20, Fa0/21, Fa0/22
Fa0/23
10 VLAN0010 active
1002 fddi-default act/unsup
1003 token-ring-default act/unsup
1004 fddinet-default act/unsup
1005 trnet-default act/unsup

VLAN Type SAID MTU Parent RingNo BridgeNo Stp BrdgMode Trans1 Trans2
—- —– ———- —– —— —— ——– —- ——– —— ——
1 enet 100001 1500 – – – – – 0 0
2 enet 100002 1500 – – – – – 0 0
3 enet 100003 1500 – – – – – 0 0
4 enet 100004 1500 – – – – – 0 0
5 enet 100005 1500 – – – – – 0 0
6 enet 100006 1500 – – – – – 0 0
7 enet 100007 1500 – – – – – 0 0
8 enet 100008 1500 – – – – – 0 0
9 enet 100009 1500 – – – – – 0 0
10 enet 100010 1500 – – – – – 0 0
1002 fddi 101002 1500 – – – – – 0 0
1003 tr 101003 1500 – – – – – 0 0
1004 fdnet 101004 1500 – – – ieee – 0 0
1005 trnet 101005 1500 – – – ibm – 0 0

Remote SPAN VLANs
——————————————————————————

Primary Secondary Type Ports
——- ——— —————– ——————————————

attic01#

ok, i went up to the attcic with the configuration i posted for you. Port 0/1 was the uplink for .31 from the fiber converter same as port 24 is the uplink for .35. When i plug in the uplink for .31 into cisco 2950 port 0/1 it never turn green from orange. I am thinking the change i need to make is

FROM
interface FastEthernet0/1
description *** Wireless Uplink from Fiber Converter ***
switchport access vlan 5
switchport mode access

interface FastEthernet0/2
description *** Wireless connection from the patch panel ***
switchport access vlan 5
switchport mode access

interface FastEthernet0/24
switchport mode trunk

TO
interface FastEthernet0/1
description *** Wireless Uplink from Fiber Converter ***
switchport mode trunk

interface FastEthernet0/2
description *** Wireless connection from the patch panel ***
switchport access vlan 5
switchport mode access

interface FastEthernet0/24
switchport mode trunk

Port0/1 should also be a trunk port cause the fiber converter need a trunk mode to see what it is doing since port 24 is the trunk port for .35 … i hope i didn’t confuse you too much

just another question, if you can answer it for me … i am looking for a good simultaion software that i can test setups rather than playing with production … i try to find a download for cisco packet tracing, got no luck … anything free would be nice … please let me know. thanks

Both VLANs go on the same trunk link, that is the beauty of VLANs, you don’t need a second link

If you already have one tagged vlan between these switches, than adding another is just a case of creating the VLAN on the switches, and then adding access ports.

Packet Tracer is the software used for the Cisco Academy (CCNA) and can simulate exactly what we are trying to achieve here. I am not sure if it is free, if you are not doing the Academy. You might also look for Dynamips which doesn’t directly support switches, but does support the NM-16ESW in a router, and you can practise the switch configs on that.

I hope that is clear ? Post again if not.

Hi there, thank you for posting. When i plugged in the uplink for .31 on Cisco 2950 port 0/1, the connection remained ORANGE and not green cause port 0/2 turned GREEN with .31 patch connection. That was the reason i thought i have to do this

nterface FastEthernet0/1
description *** Wireless Uplink from Fiber Converter ***
switchport mode trunk

Correct me if i am wrong

Also, you mention … You also need to create the vlan on that switch, so do the following commands as well

vlan 5
name ER_WLAN
sta active

i never added to my switch. Let me know.

Thanks

You already have a trunk between these switches, on port 0/24 , you do not need another. The traffic for the .31 and .35 vlans can go over this one link, and stay separate, as they are in different VLANs.

You will need to create the VLAN on the switch, using the commands

vlan 5
name ER_WLAN
sta active

Otherwise this switch does not have that VLAN in it’s configuration, and will not trunk this.

If the user machine is now on Interface 0/2, just add the vlan commands above, and then do a

show vlan

command, which should then show VLAN 5 with that interface associated to it.

If the switch at the bottom also has VLAN 5 created (use the same show vlan command to check), and the router is connected to a trunk port on that switch, then try to PING the PC on the Attic switch from the router, or try the other way round if that is easier.

As always, let me know the result and we can take it from there.

Regards,

Reg

Hi Reg, i am getting error when trying to add the command to the attic switch

int vlan5
attic01(config-if)#description ** Wireless .31 **
attic01(config-if)#name ER WLAN
^
% Invalid input detected at ‘^’ marker.

attic01(config-if)#sta active
^
% Invalid input detected at ‘^’ marker.

attic01(config-if)#sta ac
^
% Invalid input detected at ‘^’ marker.

so what i am doing wrong here

Also, you never answered my previous question as to why port 0/1 for .31 uplink is showing ORANGE light instead of turning green, just curious.

thanks

You need to copy the commands exactly

vlan 5
name ER_WLAN
sta active

not int vlan 5 just vlan 5 , and the name has an underscore, so it is one word not two.

I think the light was orange because it was probably only running at 10Mb. If you want to confirm the status, do the command

show interface fastethernet 0/1

This will confirm the speed, which I think is the likely reason it was orange.

Hi Reg, thank you for clearing the vlan5 for me … the name ER_WLAN, that can be any name assigned to it correct. What is sta active (does it mean stay alive). Also, i did sh int fastethernet0/1 and here is the result

sh int fastethernet0/1
FastEthernet0/1 is down, line protocol is down (notconnect)
Hardware is Fast Ethernet, address is 0018.ba83.e501 (bia 0018.ba83.e501)
Description: ** Wireless Uplink from the Fiber Converter **
MTU 1500 bytes, BW 100000 Kbit, DLY 100 usec,
reliability 255/255, txload 1/255, rxload 1/255
Encapsulation ARPA, loopback not set
Keepalive set (10 sec)
Auto-duplex, Auto-speed, media type is 100BaseTX
input flow-control is unsupported output flow-control is unsupported
ARP type: ARPA, ARP Timeout 04:00:00
Last input 4d17h, output 4d17h, output hang never
Last clearing of “show interface” counters never
Input queue: 0/75/0/0 (size/max/drops/flushes); Total output drops: 0
Queueing strategy: fifo
Output queue: 0/40 (size/max)
5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
24654 packets input, 4914455 bytes, 0 no buffer
Received 3713 broadcasts (0 multicast)
0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
0 input errors, 0 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored
0 watchdog, 382 multicast, 0 pause input
0 input packets with dribble condition detected
378854 packets output, 39703272 bytes, 0 underruns
0 output errors, 0 collisions, 2 interface resets
0 babbles, 0 late collision, 0 deferred
0 lost carrier, 0 no carrier, 0 PAUSE output
0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out

i don’t have the wireless uplink to it yet cause or the ORANGE light, i am assuming it will be 10mb connection. Is there a way to make it 100mb connection. Please let me know. thanks

i add the following to the attic switch

vlan5
name Wireless
sta active and this is sh vlan result now

sh vlan

VLAN Name Status Ports
—- ——————————– ——— ——————————-
1 default active
2 VLAN0002 active
3 VLAN0003 active
4 VLAN0004 active
5 Wireless active Fa0/1, Fa0/2
6 VLAN0006 active
7 VLAN0007 active
8 VLAN0008 active
9 VLAN0009 active Fa0/3, Fa0/4, Fa0/5, Fa0/6
Fa0/7, Fa0/8, Fa0/9, Fa0/10
Fa0/11, Fa0/12, Fa0/13, Fa0/14
Fa0/15, Fa0/16, Fa0/17, Fa0/18
Fa0/19, Fa0/20, Fa0/21, Fa0/22
Fa0/23
10 VLAN0010 active
1002 fddi-default act/unsup
1003 token-ring-default act/unsup
1004 fddinet-default act/unsup
1005 trnet-default act/unsup

VLAN Type SAID MTU Parent RingNo BridgeNo Stp BrdgMode Trans1 Trans2
—- —– ———- —– —— —— ——– —- ——– —— ——
1 enet 100001 1500 – – – – – 0 0
2 enet 100002 1500 – – – – – 0 0
3 enet 100003 1500 – – – – – 0 0
4 enet 100004 1500 – – – – – 0 0
5 enet 100005 1500 – – – – – 0 0
6 enet 100006 1500 – – – – – 0 0
7 enet 100007 1500 – – – – – 0 0
8 enet 100008 1500 – – – – – 0 0
9 enet 100009 1500 – – – – – 0 0
10 enet 100010 1500 – – – – – 0 0
1002 fddi 101002 1500 – – – – – 0 0
1003 tr 101003 1500 – – – – – 0 0
1004 fdnet 101004 1500 – – – ieee – 0 0
1005 trnet 101005 1500 – – – ibm – 0 0

Remote SPAN VLANs
——————————————————————————

Primary Secondary Type Ports

just so you know i have change the int FE0/1 speed to 100 and duplex o full

sh int fastethernet0/1
FastEthernet0/1 is down, line protocol is down (notconnect)
Hardware is Fast Ethernet, address is 0018.ba83.e501 (bia 0018.ba83.e501)
Description: ** Wireless Uplink from the Fiber Converter **
MTU 1500 bytes, BW 10000 Kbit, DLY 1000 usec,
reliability 255/255, txload 1/255, rxload 1/255
Encapsulation ARPA, loopback not set
Keepalive set (10 sec)
Full-duplex, 100Mb/s, media type is 100BaseTX
input flow-control is unsupported output flow-control is unsupported
ARP type: ARPA, ARP Timeout 04:00:00
Last input never, output 03:51:01, output hang never
Last clearing of “show interface” counters never
Input queue: 0/75/0/0 (size/max/drops/flushes); Total output drops: 0
Queueing strategy: fifo
Output queue: 0/40 (size/max)
5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
0 packets input, 0 bytes, 0 no buffer
Received 0 broadcasts (0 multicast)
0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
0 input errors, 0 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored
0 watchdog, 0 multicast, 0 pause input
0 input packets with dribble condition detected
0 packets output, 0 bytes, 0 underruns
0 output errors, 0 collisions, 2 interface resets
0 babbles, 0 late collision, 0 deferred
0 lost carrier, 0 no carrier, 0 PAUSE output
0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out

now when i plug in the uplink for .31 into port 0/1 … i have nothing. I am guessing that it will not support more than 10mb then. correct me if i am wrong somewhere.

It will need to match whatever speed the fibre converter is running is the real rule.

One thing is that if you set the speed and duplex on one device, then you need to do the same on the other. If you set the values, it doesn’t negotiate, so if you don’t set one of them it usually ends up as 10Mb half-duplex, even if the other end is fixed at 100Mb full.

The rule is either don’t set anything on either end, or set both of them, and make them the same.

sta act is short for status active, and just means that the vlan is active ready to have interfaces attached.

The vlan name can be anything you like, it doesn’t have to match any of the other switches where the same vlan is configured, although it makes sense to keep the same name everywhere for an individual vlan.

You shouldn’t need the fibre connection on port 0/1, as I said, the vlan traffic should all go over the same link as for vlan 9. You can change the interface fastethernet 0/1 bback to ‘switchport access vlan 5′ which will then give you two ports on the attic switch in vlan 5. It is useful to do that so you have a spare for tests or if there are any problems.

Now you need to confirm that the vlan 5 exists on the other switch connected to the attic switch port 0/24. Use the ‘show vlan’ command to check. If it is not, then create it with the same commands as you used on the attic.

Once the vlan is on that switch, you should be able to ping the router from a PC on the attic port 0/1 or 0/2 provided it has an address in the 192.168.31.x subnet. Give the PC the router IP address as it’s default gateway.

As always, post the results here