CISCO LAB

[Noob22]

I’m building a CISCO Lab. I want to physically connect a catalyst 3750v2 POE24 directly to a 1941 router. What is the appropriate physical cabling connectors?

[Georg Pauwen]

Hello,

what are you after ? You need a straight thru standard Ethernet cable to connect the two devices. If you want to configure a router on a stick topology, the switchport needs to be configured as a trunk...

[Martin L]

Regular Cat 5 or 6 is your option.  I would connect Router to switch1 to switch 2 to use etherchannels between switches. 

For CCNA exam/learning, do not forget use Packet tracer from Net Academy as well. Beyond that, GNS3 is great for routing labs.

Regards, ML
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[paul driver · Accepted solution]

Hello 

you should be fine with a straight through cable as the 3750 support MDIX