connect a switch to a router

[robert.v.russojr]

I want to set a direct connection from a router port Fe0 to a switch Fe0. All I should have to do is connect them to gether and it should work. Would my vlan databases populate from the switch to the router with this connection?

Thanks

[Roberto Salazar]

No, unless the routers port is one of the swithcport in an ethernet switching module and it is trunking and in the same VTP domain as the switch. Otherwise, no VTP.

[Bobby Thekkekandam]

Hi Robert,

You still have to configure both ports. You can configure the port to carry a single vlan or a trunk of vlans.

Also, unless the 'router' is a layer 3 switch, the vlan database will not be propagated to the router.

HTH,

Bobby

[robert.v.russojr]

I forgot about that. Thanks

[robert.v.russojr]

The router is a 3845 and the switch is a 3560 series

[MartinPayette]

Robert

if you user the port on the 3560 has:

1: no switch port

2: put an IP on your sw port

you will directly connect to your router at L3

a Cisco 3560 is a L3 switch

[Roberto Salazar]

Here is a configuration guide for the 16ESW (the config guide might look like it's for 3600, you can still use it since it's specific for the ESW):

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios122/122newft/122limit/122x/122xt/122xt_2/ft1636nm.htm#xtocid133

[robert.v.russojr]

Thank you