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Just like the subject says, I'm wondering...is it possible to limit bandwidth on a catalyst switch on a per port basis?For instance..Right now we have a bunch of 100mb links ethernet links to tenants in our building. We'd like to rate limit those to ...

a little question about pronaciation of MAC "maik"or "ma:k" ?

I take it the 2950-12 supports trunking between switches? How about the 2912? With L3 forwarding between VLAN's, if i want to us a single router port to forward between VLANS i need a fast ethernet port that supports 802.1q right (2600)? However if I...

I've got a scenario where I need to bridge traffic through a device without changing my network. I am evaluating a WAN acceleration device that can operate as a bridge to optimize my wan traffic. My switch is a Cat 6509 in one location and a 3750 in ...

I have a couple 6509/sup720 IOS ver.12.2(18)SXD2 with four TenGig interfaces bound into two etherchannel. I included one of the Port channels and its TenGig interfaces shown below:interface Port-channel1 description to 6509-Core-A P1 ip address 164....

Is "cut-through" the default mode for any Cisco switches?

I have a 2924 that thinks it's the root for Vlan2. There are two vlans configured on the switch vlan1 and vlan2. Vlan1 is working properly. The switch sees another switch is the root and is forwarding. However the switch think it's the root for V...

Is it true that say you have 4 switches in a stack and switch 4 receives a packet destined for another port on switch 4 it still gets forwarded through the stackwise ports? Doesnt make sense to me but I read it in a review.

Hello all,I am facing the following problem: in a specific VTP domain, I am adding a VLAN (5), which is then correctly propagated to 3 client switches. I then add ports on the switches to that VLAN. Now the problem: hosts on one of the switches canno...

Dear All;I have cisco PIX 515.. with PIX Version 6.1(4) I have enabled pdm logging warnings, but after restaring and try to access through http I got this error"your pix image has a version number of unknown. This version of PDM will only interoperat...

Fellas, I was wondering if someone can help me out here. I need to know if anyone out there in a metro ethernet or campus environment is running STP/MST/RSTP at a large scale. Large scale meaning about 200 switches. Can anyone point me to a link for ...

Is there any way I can track a specific route in the routing table and when it disppaears I get a trap or something like that?Thanks in advance

So, this is my question? Anyone know how to somehow shutdown interface at specific time? I have cisco 2950 switch with standard image. Maybe need to buy extended for such action? The problem is that I have one trunk port which need to work only from ...

Looking to implement a guest VLAN on a wireless network and want to make sure I am doing it securely:Added VLAN 30 to my Aironet Access Points and assigned a subnet of 10.1.30.x/24 to that VLAN. The traffic then routes to an internal interface on a ...

I have 2 6509 switches connected using Port channel using 6 GigE inetrfaces. 4 out of 6 interfaces show excessive giants.I checked the speed and duplex settings and I do not see any mismatch. I included the "show int" output for one of the interfaces...