Cat 3550 - Routing

[shovels3]

I have 2 seperate networks i.e. Voice, Data

I want to give the certain workstations access to the Voice network.

Can a Cat3550 route between these networks?

if not do i need to get a router?

[tsettle]

The cat3550 can route between vlans. See the following configuration guide. Also, your routing capabilities (eg, protocols) depends on the software you use SMI vs EMI.

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/lan/c3550/12114ea1/3550scg/swiprout.htm#1027804

[5r-graves]

You can route between VLAN's if you have a 3550 EMI. The SMI does not have all the layer 3 commands and features like the EMI.

[rjackson]

Common misconception but not true. ALL 3550 switches are layer3 with routing capability. The EMI has more routing protocols.