All, currently in our environment we have a large number of Cisco 2950-48G switches running IOS 12.1(22)EA2. Due to some governmental restrictions and the lack of budget to replace our infrastructure with 802.1x compliant LAN switches we have improvised securing the LAN by restricting each port to the host mac-address. Yes, this isn't the best solution but it does help keep the auditors happy with the access restrictions set in the data network environment.
Issue, devices connected on a floor switch (let's say devices connected to the 3rd floor switch) cannot ping other devices connected directly to that switch, i.e. printer, other workstations. I remove the port-security configuration and all is back to normal. Is this normal on a port-security enabled port that is restricted to a single mac-address? If so, is there a way to configure it so that these devices can communicate with other devices connected to the same switch?
Thanks for any insight you might have.
Steve
