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Hi,Quick question.If you have two switches running HSRP, one with a higher priority and running as the active HSRP. Should you just use preempt on the highest priority switch ? I,ve seen configurations with preempt on the active and standby devices, ...

Hi, I have been trying to configure port mirroring on the aforementioned switch (OS = 12.2(18)EW) and having no success.I want to capture all frames going to one port and mirror them to another port where I have a PC attached running NetMon from Micr...

Dear All professionals,I have to implement the data center project that includes2x4507R switch with 2x ips 4240, 2x pix 515E in failover with 2x hostids bundle.Servers lists are win2003 pdc,bdc,mail, SAN etc.Pls let me know the1. IDS placement in the...

Hi, i have several switches catalyst 4006 and 2950 all with ios version 12.2(25)EW, i want to configure dynamic vlans, what do i need to do?, is this posible or i need switches with CatOs?thanks

I work for a small but fast growing company. We have more than doubled the number of end stations in the past year from 200 to ~ 500. Currently, the network is not properly modularized or configured for redundancy and we need to get a handle on the ...

Loop guard should only be enabled on non-designated (i.e. root ports and blocked ports). Loop guard should not be enabled on designated ports - Correct ? Right.So:How to enable loop guard on a trunk port where the port is designated for some VLANs an...

From what I am reading, one advantage to using ISL over 802.1q would be that ISL is processed in the ASIC and 802.1q is not. Is this true?Anyone have a link to test results that compare the performance of 802.1q and ISL?Thanks,Ryan

Hi,I have recently deployed 6xCat4506 with GigabitEthernet interfaces.My question is; is there a way to leave all the interfaces as auto/auto but disable the ability to negoiate at Gig speed?I have been unable to find a way to do this ...Any help muc...

the customer has 3750 standart with a single active fisico port which belongs to vlan 1, but the traffic of the fisico port and of they vlan it are different why ?FastEthernet1/0/9 is up, line protocol is up (connected) MTU 1500 bytes, BW 100000 K...

Hi, can anyone help? I am a VTP beginner and I'd like to start using VTP. Currently our network uses statically configured VLANs, with all the switches configured in VTP Transparent mode.I plan to enable the root switch as the VTP server, enabling pr...

I have 2 internet connections with 2 PIX firewalls on them. I am trying to provide redundancy for the entire network by going out our main PIX by default or the Secondary PIX if the main fails. I have included a diagram of my core network, and all of...

I have one 2610 router with 2 Ethernet ports and 1 Internet connection. I want to connect its two Ethernet ports to different switches (Catalyst 2950) in redundant configuration, on the same IP domain. What is the best solution ?Is it possible to use...

Hey,We have two Cisco 3550-12T and about 30 2950T-24 switches across our network. We have about 400 workstations and 15 servers. I believe the current setup has one VLAN and is using EIGRP routing protocol. One of my issues is that we are not utilizi...

If I upgrade my supervisor engine to a Sup720 from a Sup1a-2ge MSFC2 can I restore my SUP1A configuration to the Sup720 and be up and running? I know I'll have to make minor changes but just checking on the initial configuration move.I'll have to run...

Hi there,How can i configure multiple vlans on single interface of fastethernet port( Catalyst 4006). Two of my vlans are static and one dhcp.can anyone help me??