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Welcome to the Cisco Community Ask Me Anything conversation. Submit your questions from Monday, February 2, 2026, through Friday, February 20, 2026. Our colleagues Amruta Navadagi, Anaya Kalawat, and Mohammad Mehtabuddin will be waiting to assist you...

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amnavada by Cisco Employee
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Hi,I want to connect WS-C2960S-48TD-L switch to WS-X6708-10G-3CXL module in Cisco WS-C6503-E switch. WS-X6708-10G-3CXL is C6K 8 port 10 Gigabit Ethernet module with DFC3CXL which requires X2 module. on the otherhand, WS-C2960S-48TD-L requires SFP+. N...

Hi All!My question is about deploying MacSec over L2 MAN provider.I have HQ office and some Big office linked via MAN provider VLAN(X). Same provider provides L3 MPLS service with other VLAN(Y) for low speed far shops and offices.  Can I use MACSEC o...

Hi everybody.My book says " A campus network is an enterprise network consisting of many lans in one or more buildings, all connected and usualy in the same geographic area.Campus network commonly consists of ethernet.802.11 wireless lan,high speeds ...

sarahr202 by Level 7
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Hi guys,I have a 3750 switch with IP routing enabled and have lots of VLANs configured on this switch.What is the best way to prevent VLANs from talking to each other?At the same time, hosts inside their respective VLANs should not be blocked from re...

I just purchased a 1941w router to see if we want to use this to replace our existing routers and external access points. At each of our locations we have 1  subnet that has a server, AP, router, switch, etc. I would like to configure the AP and the ...

denstjames by Frequent Visitor
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Hi All,I have few questions regarding the Cisco 3750X.1. Maximum number of ARP table entries supported2. Maximum IPv4 unicast routes and multicast routes supported in hardware.3. Maximum IPv6 unicast routes and multicast routes supported in hardware....

kavana_yong by Frequent Visitor
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Resolved! K values

Hi all,I have a question on K values used in eigrp routing...It is said that to form a neighborship, k values must be the same; Is it necessary that K values weight must be same??eigrp by default uses k1 and k3 i.e. bandwidth and delay with weight 1....

I am having some problems on my SAN, which is reporting problems with network connectivity.  I am attempting to determine whether the error is the switch, interface, controller, cables, etc.  One of the ports connected to this SAN reported input erro...

Dear All,I am sorry for this silly question we need to relocate our core switch 6500 with sup 720 to another bldgwhat is the command to gracefully shut it downI mean power offI was told one can just switch off the powerbut i just wanna be carefulappr...

Hi,I have problem configuring Netflow on 6500/SUP2T : it seems that standard commands do not exist on that SUP (ex : ip flow xxx).I tried to configure flexible Netflow too but it applies only to routed interfaces ...Perhaps the commands have changed ...

cminard by Level 3
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Resolved! DFC3

From everything I read it seems like DFC is for forwarding packets.  When I hear packets I think of layer3.  If my 6500s are just being used as a big layer2 only switch do I need a DFC?  I am being told the 6500 looks at the layer 2 frame and the lay...

Hi,Scenario like below(Vlan284)Gi2/5 7609A GE-WAN3/1--------------------------- Gi2/4 7609B 7609A#interface gi2/5switchportswitchport trunk encapsulation dot1qswitchport mode trunkmls qos trust cos!interface Vlan284mtu 4474bandwidth 2000no ip address...