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I need some help. I need to configure 2 3560's to route to each other connected via a MetroE PtP setup with a dot1g tunnel. One side uses a firewall for its gateway, the other needs to use the route on the switch for its default gateway. I would li...

Can I use a 4948-10ge switch as a direct replacement for a 3550 switch. I'm concerned about the 10 gig uplink port on the 4948. Can it connect to a 1 gig gbic port on a 6509? Is there anyway to make this work?thanks

We are installing sniffers on our network and I wanted to make sure I got the commands right for setting up the monitoring port on out 4506. Are they:Switch(config)# monitor session 1 source interface fastethernet 4/10 (Router Port)Switch(config)# mo...

I need to share a network/subnet between my main data center and my DR site for a high availability requirement with our DHCP/DNS infrastructure. The data center and the DR locations are currently in a different OSPF area though. I have a few quest...

Hi, I'm a bit confused about the spanning-tree portfast trunk command. Portfast should only be used on access ports connected to a single end device (PC/printer/server). What is the point then in having a portfast trunk command? When you configure ...

I having 3560 switch i want to upgrade the new ios on this switch. how to upgrade ios on switch plz suggest me and send me any urls and ios upgrade links.

Hi all, can anyone tell me if these are the same, as they both have 32 channels ?

I have this setup.2 3750G switches stacked.I have 2 servers with IP 10.10.10.1/30 and 10.10.10.2/30 connected into port g1/0/1 and g1/0/2 respectivily on switch1 both in vlan 100I have another 2 servers with IP 10.10.20.1/30 and 10.10.20.2/30 connect...

I have a 6506 and when doin the sh spantree stat port command, the "config bpdu's xmitted" is very high (224129002)...and seems to increase very fast (couple hundreds a minute)...is this a normal behavior ? This 6506 cpu is always at 75 % and the stb...

what is this called when someone plugs a ethernet cable into the wall and then back into the wall? what is the best way to troubleshoot or narrow down location? in the mdf all the switches were flashing super fast, as well as the IDFs. i unplugged ...

if the fiber connection goes down to the 2950, they will not regain unless i use the console to tell vlan1 shut, then no shut. i usually have to repeat this process several time before it works. is there a easier way?my process:config t, int vlan1...