Switches Questions


Configuring VLAN’s on two HP procurve switches
Hi all, Trying to route a new ISP(Microwave link) from one of my out building to my computer room and hence my firewall. Old ISP came direct into firewall. In the outbuilding the Microwave modem connects with cat5 to HP Procurve 2524 switch. Because this ISP is coming through my internal network, I plan on [...]

Answer Question   |  April 19, 2013  4:25 PM
HP, HP ProCurve, Switches, VLAN, VLAN configuration
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130 pts.

how many vlan create in cisco switch
how many vlan created in cisco 3550 & 3750 switch

Answer Question   |  July 30, 2009  5:33 AM
Cisco 3550, cisco 3750 switch stack configuration, Stack Configuration, Switches, VLAN
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55 pts.

connection lose on domain
One of our newer domains is having a problem with connection to mapped drives, server, internet, and shared printer connection lose. Once the connection is dropped it will not re-sync or reconnect to mapped drives ect… untill a full reboot is done. We’ve not done much in the way of changing any settings on the [...]

Answer Question   |  September 9, 2009  2:57 PM
ASA, Group Policy, Mapped Drive, Network, Server 2003, Switches, VBS, Windows Server 2003
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220 pts.

Managed and Unmanaged Switch
Hi, can someone tell me what the difference is between unmanaged and managed switch please?

Answer Question   |  July 29, 2009  11:29 AM
Managed Switches, Networking Equipment, Switches, Unmanaged Switches
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20 pts.

Username&password
hi, i’m trying to configure username$password on the PC6224P. i use the command: “username….pass….level 15 encrypted.” it saves the configuration but won’t use the limittation when i login. what should i do?

Answer Question   |  July 13, 2009  11:23 AM
Dell PowerConnect 6224P, Dell switch configuration, Dell switches, Switch configuration, Switches
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5 pts.

InterVlan Routing on Cisco
Hi, I have Ipbase Image on a Cisco 4506 switch and configured several vlans eg. 2,3,4 and each have ip addresses associated with them as given below. interface vlan 2 ip address 172.16.2.1 255.255.255.0 interface vlan 3 ip address 172.16.12.1 255.255.255.0 i have said ip routing but i do not see ip routing displayed in [...]

Answer Question   |  July 15, 2009  9:42 AM
Cisco 4506, Cisco VLAN, InterVLAN, Switches, Switching, VLAN, VLAN Routing
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35 pts.

vlan setup
I have a 48 port linksys/cisco switch that i want to split between two subnets, .0 and .9. How can i setup a vlan to distinguish between two or if i wan to setup 3 different subnet. I am new to this, any help with some examples as to how to setup would be greatly [...]

Answer Question   |  July 7, 2009  1:29 AM
Cisco switch configuration, Cisco VLAN, Switch configuration, Switches, VLAN Setup
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555 pts.

finding fault of Network Ping drop
I am having a bus topology network with OFC connected on ABCDEFGH switches. OFC SM link is followed from A to B to C to D to E to F to G to H to A one side and A to E with redudence line. When we ping all the switches one by one, there [...]

Answer Question   |  July 7, 2009  8:46 AM
Network administration, Network troubleshooting, Ping, Switch configuration, Switches
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15 pts.

How to configure inter vlan routing on a router, vlans on two cisco switches, creating a trunk between two cisco switches attached to a router on each
I have a scheme of two switches connected to each other, three routers, one router is connected to a switch and two routers are connected two another switch. How I’m i supposed to configure vlanX, vlanY on two different switches and trunking between them, inter.vlan routing on a router and trunking between a router and [...]

Answer Question   |  July 6, 2009  7:49 AM
CCNA Network Simulator, Cisco VLAN, InterVLAN, Routers, Switch configuration, Switches, VLAN, VLAN trunking
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5 pts.

Switch Vlan
how can a vlan member communicate to the different vlan member?

Answer Question   |  July 6, 2009  8:20 AM
Cisco switch configuration, Cisco VLAN, Switches, VLAN configuration
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5 pts.

problem encountered between 3com 4950 to catalyst 500
I encountered a problem between the connection of 3 com (4950) to catalyst express 500. 3 com is located in the server room and act as our distribution switch, from server room it is connected to catalyst 500 using fiber optic cable (multi mode). I connect the 3 com to the sfp uplink of the [...]

Answer Question   |  July 1, 2009  9:39 AM
3Com 4950, 3Com switches, Cisco 500, Cisco switches, Network connectivity, Switch configuration, Switches
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5 pts.

Port monitoring with HP ProCurve 4104GL
Having problems configuring a Web filter with a HP ProCurve 4104GL switch. Does this switch support port monitoring? Thanks. Moderator Note: This is a submitted question

Answer Question   |  June 23, 2009  1:29 PM
HP ProCurve 4104GL, Port monitoring, Switch configuration, Switches
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6,580 pts.

Can you be annonymous on a guest VLAN?
We have a network with multiple Vlans seperating departments etc. We have a guest Vlan for people to use that need access to the internet. We need to find a way of stopping the guest users from being able to ‘see’ each other within the guest Vlan. I can only think of seperating each user [...]

Answer Question   |  June 19, 2009  2:29 PM
Guest VLAN, Network, Routing and switching, Security, Switches, VLAN
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30 pts.

Configuration between L3 switch 3750 and L2 switch 2960 via trunk port
I am going to connect three L2 switches 2960 from L3 Switch 3750, means all three L2 switches are connected to L3 switch via trunk switch. Thanks & Regards, And i am going to configure VLANs on L3 Switch. So plz let me suggest,if both switches are in server mode then i should configure VLAN [...]

Answer Question   |  June 19, 2009  9:53 AM
Cisco, Cisco 2960, Cisco 3750, Cisco Catalyst 2960, Cisco Catalyst 3750, Cisco switch configuration, Cisco switches, Cisco VLAN, L2 Switches, L3 Switches, Switch configuration, Switches, VLAN
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205 pts.

Free Chapter – Implementing Multicast on Cisco Catalyst Switches
Another free chapter download is available on the IT Bookworm Blog. Written by: David Barnes and Basir Sakandar Book: Cisco LAN Switching Fundamentals Overview: “Cisco LAN Switching Fundamentals provides an easy-to-understand introduction to LAN switching best practices using Cisco Catalyst switches. This book provides you with a wealth of details on the architecture, operation, and [...]

Answer Question   |  June 18, 2009  11:53 AM
Basir Sakandar, Cisco, Cisco Press, Cisco switches, David Barnes, Free Chapters, Switches
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6,580 pts.

VLAN Routing
We have created two VLANs on single Cisco C3560 switch and now want to have inter-VLAN routing. Please explain how to enable it. Please note, we have only one L3 switch, with 10 computers on one VLAN and 10 on other VLAN.

Answer Question   |  June 19, 2009  12:48 AM
Cisco, Cisco 3560, Cisco switch configuration, Cisco VLAN, InterVLAN, Switch configuration, Switches, VLAN, VLAN Routing
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5 pts.

What types of Layer 4 (L4) or transport layer switch exist?
How many kinds of Layer 4 switches are there?

Answer Question   |  February 27, 2013  8:47 PM
Layer 4, Layer 4 Switches, Networking, OSI, SDN, Switches, Transport Layer Switches
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1,545 pts.

Cisco Catalyst WS-C6506 – link termination question
I need Help for one of our solution on our site. Senario We have a simple campus network on our site where we have Core, dist.and access Switches. Two Core Switches that are C6506 having redundancy. CAT6507 Chasis WS-C6506 SUP WS-X6K-SUP1A-2GE MSFC-2 WS-F6K-MSFC2 1000BaseX Ethernet WS-X6416-GBIC We have CAT OS as Well as IOS Running. [...]

Answer Question   |  June 15, 2009  7:23 AM
Catalyst Operating System, CatOS, Cisco C6506, Cisco Catalyst WS-C6506, Cisco IOS, Cisco switch configuration, Cisco switches, Switch configuration, Switches
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10 pts.

How to create VLAN with this Cisco configuration
Dear Sir, I have 1) DNS & Exchng Server 2003 with DHCP enabled Win2003 Standard Edtn SP2 , 2) ISA 2006 3) Trend Micro Antivirus Server. I have to create VLAN for 3 Dept. with having 3750 Cisco Switch as routing ( Trunk ) Using 2950 Cisco Switch 2950 VLAN10 High management VLAN11Low management VLAN12 [...]

Answer Question   |  June 15, 2009  6:49 AM
Cisco 2950, Cisco 3750, Cisco switch configuration, Cisco switches, Cisco VLAN, Switch configuration, Switches, VLAN configuration
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5 pts.

Where is a switch on the OSI model?
At what layer of the open systems interconnection (OSI) model does a switch operate?

Answer Question   |  July 2, 2009  5:27 PM
layers, Networking, Open systems interconnection, OSI Model, Switches
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1,545 pts.