Switching

All I want for Christmas is Cisco Network Assistant 5.6.I've been a good boy, but I'm sad that I can't use CNA with my new 2960S and 3750X switches.Please Cisco Santa, won't you bring me version 5.6?Thank you,Rob

Hello,I am in need of some expert advise.  I have been tasked with remediating potential security risks for a client.  One of those is hardening the Cisco devices which required turning off ip proxy-arp.  My problem is this:  There is no documentatio...

Hi All,I have a query regarding per module load balancing using a Layer 2 Etherchannel.I have two modules in a 6509, using per module load balancing, I have one card set to source-ip hashing, and the other card using destination-ip hashing. My questi...

HI,I have question for the traffic shaping with by Class-based shaping.  Following is my envirnment setupExampleInternal: 10.235.132.0/24facing interface: FastEthernet 0/0Limit in/out to 5MbpsDest address:  20.181.0.0 0.0.255.255Dest address:  20.182...

Hi, I got a Cisco 3548 switch with Version 12.0(5)WC5 image. I know it is an old image, needed to be update. But I am not at the position to update it now.I encounter two problems:1. The interface vlan1 is always in "shutdown" state. see the config b...

Hello Experts,I am planning to create a Cross Stack Etherchannel Connection between a 3750G switch stack & 3750x Switch stack. These will be tied with 2 fiber links.Here is a quick run down,1. The 3750G switch stack has 2x 3750x switches with 2x TenG...

In my office we have different VLAN's around 10, users working mainly on embedded & some times they use boards which are having DHCP option & users pc's are fetching IP address from Windows 2008 Server & it should always fetch dhcp ip address from Se...

Hello,I have an application in which I am trying to configure a number of subnets to access a server on its own subnet. A recommendation made to me was to use vrf and a pair of routers.I am working with a Cisco 2811 and a Rockwell Stratix 8300 (IE300...

I have been experiencing recurrent problems on a 4506-E switch lately : sometimes a self-reboot, sometimes a complete freeze. The frequency is about one every other day.According to the data I have managed to gather after those crashes, the problem s...

Hello,I know, this is not really a Cisco related question, but with the outstanding expertise out there I though to try asking here ......We are seeing a curious slow-down on our website downloads.  The server is in a DMZ with 100M or GE interfaces t...

Dears good morming!Can I Run Spanning-tree default in some switch and others MST? Is there some problem if I do that?Thanks!

HiAs per RSTP protocol documentation, RSTP send Hello message to neighbour switch and detect the failure in switch. Every switch have own BPDU in RSTP, I know regular STP protocol require root bridge because they will send update BPDU in switching do...