Cisco 3750 and TL-SG2210P

[IanWrightYobah]

Hi,

I'm more of a server engineer rather than a network guru so please go easy on me ;-)

I'm trying to setup a little home lab. I currently have my core switch which is a Cisco 3750. The 3750 has various VLANs setup on it which trunk up to my Hyper V lab.

Ive purchased an 8 port TPLINK TL-SG2210P and need some advice on how to configure this to connect to the Cisco. Basically I want to plug devices (laptops, phones etc) into the TPLink and have access to the VLANs configured on in Hyper V (via the Cisco Trunks).

How would I go about doing this? Would I need to use LACP on the TPLink and Etherchannel on the Cisco? What about tagging/untagging/PVID etc?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[Mark Malone]

Hi

you don't need an etherchannel but it will help having more bandwidth between the switches , you will need to use lacp as pgap wont work on tplink but if there both gig ports on home network 1 link would probably do. its lacp both sides its the open standard that works on all kit that etherchannel is on

Trunk between the tp and cisco allow all vlans you use locally that will cover you for anything connected , just leave the defaults on each switch in terms of native vlans you should be ok

Just assign your access ports to your vlans and trubk between the switches

This is how you do lacp in Cisco switch you will need to check the TP manual for that switch  if you go that route

https://www.freeccnaworkbook.com/workbooks/ccna/configuring-etherchannel-utilizing-lacp

[IanWrightYobah]

Here is the config on the 3750, are you able to verify?

I appreciate you may not know but, how would it be  configured on the TP link side? Ive setup the LACP and this is what I get on Cisco side. Looks like LACP is working. What do I do with the TP Link? do I need to do any tagging on the ports? For example port 8 on the TP link it patched to port 23 on the cisco and my laptop is plugged into port 1 on the TP Link. I want to be able to get VLAN 230 working on it.

C3750-1#sh etherchannel port
                Channel-group listing:
                ----------------------

Group: 1
----------
                Ports in the group:
                -------------------
Port: Gi1/0/23
------------

Port state    = Up Mstr Assoc In-Bndl
Channel group = 1           Mode = Active          Gcchange = -
Port-channel  = Po1         GC   =   -             Pseudo port-channel = Po1
Port index    = 0           Load = 0x00            Protocol =   LACP

Flags:  S - Device is sending Slow LACPDUs   F - Device is sending fast LACPDUs.
        A - Device is in active mode.        P - Device is in passive mode.

Local information:
                            LACP port     Admin     Oper    Port        Port
Port      Flags   State     Priority      Key       Key     Number      State
Gi1/0/23  SA      bndl      32768         0x1       0x1     0x118       0x3D

Partner's information:

                  LACP port                        Admin  Oper   Port    Port
Port      Flags   Priority  Dev ID          Age    key    Key    Number  State
Gi1/0/23  SA      32768     a42b.b0ce.11b6  18s    0x0    0x44C  0x8     0x3D

Age of the port in the current state: 0d:00h:21m:05s

interface Port-channel1
 switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
 switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,110,230
 switchport mode trunk
 switchport nonegotiate
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/1
 switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
 switchport trunk allowed vlan 110,130,140,230,253,254,270
 switchport mode trunk
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/2
 switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
 switchport trunk allowed vlan 110,130,140,230,253,254,270
 switchport mode trunk
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/3
 switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
 switchport trunk allowed vlan 110,130,140,230,253,254,270
 switchport mode trunk
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/4
 switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
 switchport trunk allowed vlan 110,130,140,230,253,254,270
 switchport mode trunk
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/5
 switchport access vlan 110
 switchport mode access
 switchport nonegotiate
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/6
 switchport access vlan 112
 switchport mode access
 switchport nonegotiate
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/7
 switchport access vlan 112
 switchport mode access
 switchport nonegotiate
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/8
 switchport access vlan 112
 switchport mode access
 switchport nonegotiate
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/9
 switchport access vlan 112
 switchport mode access
 switchport nonegotiate
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/10
 switchport access vlan 112
 switchport mode access
 switchport nonegotiate
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/11
 switchport access vlan 112
 switchport mode access
 switchport nonegotiate
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/12
 switchport access vlan 112
 switchport mode access
 switchport nonegotiate
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/13
 switchport access vlan 110
 switchport mode access
 switchport nonegotiate
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/14
 switchport access vlan 110
 switchport mode access
 switchport nonegotiate
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/15
 switchport access vlan 110
 switchport mode access
 switchport nonegotiate
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/16
 switchport access vlan 110
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/17
 switchport access vlan 110
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/18
 switchport access vlan 999
 shutdown
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/19
 switchport access vlan 999
 shutdown
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/20
 switchport access vlan 999
 shutdown
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/21
 switchport access vlan 999
 shutdown
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/22
 switchport access vlan 999
 shutdown
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/23
 switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
 switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,110,230
 switchport mode trunk
 switchport nonegotiate
 speed 1000
 duplex full
 channel-group 1 mode active
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/24
 switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
 switchport trunk allowed vlan 110
 switchport mode trunk
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/25
 switchport access vlan 999
 shutdown
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/26
 switchport access vlan 999
 shutdown
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/27
 switchport access vlan 999
 shutdown
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/28
 switchport access vlan 999
 shutdown
!
interface Vlan1
 no ip address
 shutdown
!
interface Vlan110
 description MGMT
 ip address 172.16.110.3 255.255.255.0
!
interface Vlan230
 ip address 172.16.230.3 255.255.255.0
!
ip classless
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 172.16.110.2
ip route 172.16.130.0 255.255.255.0 172.16.110.1
ip route 172.16.140.0 255.255.255.0 172.16.110.1
ip route 172.16.230.0 255.255.255.0 172.16.110.1
ip route 172.16.253.0 255.255.255.0 172.16.110.1
ip route 172.16.254.0 255.255.255.0 172.16.110.1
ip http server
ip http secure-server

[devils_advocate]

It looks like you only have a single interface in the portchannel at the moment (Gi1/0/23) so this doesn't really tell us if the Cisco is playing nicely with the TPLink in regards to LACP. Add another interface into the group on both sides and run a #show etherchannel summary on the Cisco to see what is going on.

In regards to the Vlans on the TPLink you need to:

• Create the VLANS themselves, they need to exist in the Vlan database
• On whichever port (s) connect to the Cisco you need to 'Untag' Vlan 1 and tag the rest of the Vlans you created.

When creating a Trunk port to another Switch, the Cisco will automatically make Vlan 1 the native (untagged) vlan and will tag the rest of the vlans, although you wont see this in the config itself. 

On several other vendor switches, you will find that you have to manually turn a port into a 'Trunk' by setting the untagged (native) Vlan as 1 and tagging the rest of the Vlans on that port.

Thanks

Edit - 

The TPLink user guide is fairly good, see here:

http://www.tp-link.us/resources/document/TL-SG2210P_V1_UG.pdf

Page 40 onwards lists LAG which is what Cisco call PortChannels or Etherchannels, you just need to configure it as LACP on the TPLink.

Page 57 lists Vlans and 802.1q trunks.

Looks fairly straight forward.

[IanWrightYobah]

This is the output from show etherchannel sum. I only have one port on each side due to cabling restraints in my house (its only for a lab environment so throughput will be fairly low.)

C3750-1#sh etherchannel sum
Flags:  D - down        P - bundled in port-channel
        I - stand-alone s - suspended
        H - Hot-standby (LACP only)
        R - Layer3      S - Layer2
        U - in use      f - failed to allocate aggregator

        M - not in use, minimum links not met
        u - unsuitable for bundling
        w - waiting to be aggregated
        d - default port

Number of channel-groups in use: 1
Number of aggregators:           1

Group  Port-channel  Protocol    Ports
------+-------------+-----------+-----------------------------------------------
1      Po1(SU)         LACP      Gi1/0/23(P)

[Mark Malone · Accepted solution]

Looks ok as its SU , switched and in use

just check from your laptop on tplink and ping google make sure you have access through it and you can reach other devices in other vlans

[IanWrightYobah]

Damn, I lost connectivity to it remotely as I was messing with the TP Link tagging. Ill test when I get home when ill untag port 8 on VLAN 1 and tag my VLANs for the ports I plug devices in. Appreciate the rapid responses :)

[IanWrightYobah]

Looks like we have it working :)

All ports are untagged in VLAN 1 and ports 1 and 8 are tagged in VLAN 230. I can ping external IPs as well as VMs in my Hyper V environment.

Thank you so much for all of your help.

[IanWrightYobah]

Just one thing I have noticed is that I cant ping the management ip address of the TP link from the Cisco or visa versa.

Is that normal?

[devils_advocate · Accepted solution]

Although its handy to know how to create a PortChannel between Cisco and another Vendor, its not doing much good unless you can run a second cable in your lab.

It looks fine, its bundled but the only way to be sure its actually 'load balancing' is to run a second cable.

You just need to create Vlan230 on the TPLink and ensure this is 'Tagged' on Port 8. FYI, I believe the Tplinks create a virtual port called 'LAG1' or something similar so when tagging, make sure you do it on both the physical port and the virtual  LAG port. 

[techtravelguy]