Comments on: Cisco Catalyst vlan 2950

By: blankreg

blankreg — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 07:23:16 +0000

I hate to prove you guys wrong, but the following is taken from the Cisco website regarding this switch (http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10003/index.html)

Formerly Linksys Business Series, now Cisco Small Business Smart Switches, the Cisco SLM248G Gigabit Smart Switch contains a number of Quality of Service (QoS) and security functions found in Cisco’s advanced switches.

Additional features of the Cisco SLM248G Gigabit Smart Switch include:

* A non-blocking switching capacity of 13.6 Gbps
* Port-level security using 802.1X authentication and MAC-based filtering
* Support for up to 128 port- and 802.1Q-based VLANs

Just look at the Linksys as Cisco Lite, not all the features, but cheaper and does most of the main things you need.

To configure the VLANs, have a look at the configuration guide on pages 18 and 19. For the trunk you need to tag the vlans you want to run between this and the Cisco 2950. The Linksys will not automatically pass the vlans, like the Cisco will. My advice is to not have an untagged VLAN (native on Cisco) but to tag all of them. The manual can be downloaded from
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/csbss/slm2024/administration/guide/SLM2024_V10_UG_B-Web.pdf

I would post the instructions here, but it is easier to follow in the manual as this has pictures of the web interface for configuring this.

By: Troy Tate

Troy Tate — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:35:45 +0000

I agree with your perception of Linksys position in the switch market. Those devices are not meant for the “heavy lifting” that Cisco (Juniper) devices are meant to be used for.

By: sonotsky

sonotsky — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:24:48 +0000

It’s been my experience (granted, not within the last year or two) that Linksys’ products are geared more towards the lower-end and therefore are lacking much of the advanced functionality commonly associated with low-to-mid-range Cisco devices, such as VLAN tagging.

I’d be happy to be proven wrong, but just thought I’d throw that out there…

By: kwt712

kwt712 — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:08:52 +0000

I have Linksys SLM248G (48-port 10/100 + 2-port Gigabit Smart Switch) … and the other one is Cisco Catalyst 2950 24 port