Cisco 1811 - FE X (FE2-FE5) vs SWITCH (FE6-FE9)

[ryanvetack]

I am setting up a Cisco 1811 router to manage multiple VLANS on my network. On the back of the router I have 10 FastEthernet ports.

From what I understand, FE0 and FE1 are considered WAN ports, and FE2-FE9 are LAN ports.

I am confused though, because FE2-FE5 are labeled "FE X" and FE6-FE9 are labeled "SWITCH".

What is the difference between "FE X" and "SWITCH" exactly?

Thank you in advance for your assistance!

[Karsten Iwen]

You don't have to look at these as separate ports. All are switchports and they are accessed in the Config as FastEthernetX. It's more or less a question where was space available on the surface to label the ports.

[johnlloyd_13]

hi,

it does looks confusing (at first) but once you've handled ISR with integrated switch module for quite a while, you'll get used to it.

karsten is also right. it's labelled that way since there's not enough room/space.

SWITCH - Layer 2 switch module

FE X - FastEthernet; X indicates the port number: 2-9

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/routers/access/1800/1801/hardware/installation/guide/hig/01_hw.pdf

[ryanvetack]

That makes sense. What confused me is that they list them separately in the configuration guide!

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/routers/access/1800/1801/software/configuration/guide/scg/routconf.html