I'm looking for some information regarding the configuration of Auto Smartports on the switch. I have quite a few questions so it's probably going to be a long thread. By default, Auto Smartports recognize various devices through CDP, among the devices that the switch can recognize include:
- Switch
- Router
- IP Phone
- WAP and LWAP
- IP Camera
- DMP
So, my first question would be, how does the switch recognize the all these devices (other than the switch and router) using CDP when all capability code that CDP has are just for switching and routing devices?
In my situation, when I connect a LWAP to a switch, in the show CDP neighbor command, it shows up as a transparent bridge, forcing Auto Smartport to assign the LAST_RESORT_EVENT to the interface when it's actually a LWAP. Is this issue caused by CDP? How can the switch tell Auto Smartport to recognize these devices? How does this process occur?
Regards,
Angela
PS: I would like to confirm the following statement "the difference between ‘macro auto device’ and ‘macro auto global control device’ is that the first command configures variables associated with the macro that’s going to be applied to the device. Whereas, in ‘macro auto global control device’, we are setting which type of device are getting automatic detection.". Is this correct?
