03-11-2014 08:32 AM
HI!
I have a small network. I have 3 300-28 cisco switches. I already connected my 3 servers and clients with the switch 1 and now I want to add more clients and I need to add my other two switches in the network. Please guide me with the simple configuration So I can connect them all and avoid loop (stp). Thanks
03-11-2014 09:56 PM
You can configure the links between the switches as a trunk and all other ports where hosts are connected can be configured as access ports with port-fast configured. That may help.
Nagaraja
03-12-2014 08:32 AM
Hi Nagaraja Thanthry!
Thanks for your reply. I am implementing it tomorrow. By just conecting the switches together at trunk ports will there be no loop? I don't want my network chowk. I hope it will work well. I might need further help, please reply.
1. I will do setting on all switches. Assign IP addresses to switches (to Vlan 1 default).
2. Set one port (e.g 28) as trunk and all others as Access on all three switches.
3. Then I will connect the switches with each other at trunk ports. Hope there will be no loop in this setting.
4. Do I need to set any setting for stp in switches ?
Please reply one by one thanks.
I am using 192.168.0.1 255.255.255.0 IP range.
Best Regards,
03-16-2014 01:50 PM
Hi Aamir, STP is already set up by default. Even if you create a network loop a port is going to go in to blocking.
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