Hello,
Sorry for this newbie question , but in my small CCNA LAB I have :
CISCO 1841 (with 4 ethernet por module to be able to use VTP in this router) + CISCO 2940
From one of the optional module in the CISCO 1841 I go with a trunck to the CISCO 2940.
The CISCO 1841 is VTP SERVER and the CISCO 2940 is CLIENT.
When I create in the CISCO 1841 the VLAN DATABASE of the 3 VLAN's :
VLAN 1 name VLAN1
VLAN 2 name VLAN2
VLAN 10 name VLAN10
After WR ; copy run start ; reload everithing work fine in my small ROUTER on a STICK demo.
So I am sure that VTP is working and that the Password and Domain are correct in both products.
BUT ......
If I switch OFF the Power of BOTH (Switch & Router) the VLAN 2 and 10 are gone. In other word the system use a default VLAN.DAT or create a NEW empty database !!!
When I compare the VLAN.DAT before and after the a power down I can see that before it is or has 1124 BYTES and after 740 BYTES.
Before I recycle the Power ON / OFF I made a Back-Up of the VLAN.DAT to VLAN.BAK. To make it work again I just have to copy bak VLAN.BAK to VLAN.DAT ; reload and everithing work again.
Why is the ROUTER creating a new empty DATABASE ?
To solve the problem I have set both ROUTER and SWITCH in TRANSPARANT mode and now it works , but I was wondering why this happens.
Thanks to this small lab I learned that their is a BIG difference between RELOAD and a power recycle.
The above is not a real case so it is not urgent , I just prepare my self for my CCNA in october
Best Regards,
Didier
