New used switch, with isp

[Jtaxel]

Hello,

I got this switch free when doing a demo job. I do have an 8 port unmanaged for my ip cameras.

This one is a  WS-C2960S-F24TS-L 24 port.

I would like to use this one for my cameras as I am looking to get some more along with some access points also.

I'm not worried about configuration just yet. 

First off, I'm sorry new to these switches. Which port do I use for my isp.

Going from modem, to router to switch.

It has already been reset and will be configure it next weekend. 

Thanks

Switch I got

[M02@rt37]

Hello @arambasil 

Use uplink ports to plug your Router on that C2960 Switch. Uplink ports are SFP port on the right.

[Joseph W. Doherty]

"Use uplink ports to plug your Router on that C2960 Switch."

Assuming you're using copper connections, you don't need to use a SFP port.  "Traditionally" (for quick visual identification of that link) you use either the first or last copper port for such a connection.

[Richard Pidcock]

Additional information.  I expect if the switch has been factory reset and you then connect it to a port on your router, you could go through the default configuration dialog and accept DHCP for IP setting and the switch would get a DHCP address from your router.

[Jtaxel]

Ok.. so yea did connect router to unlink,then laptop to one of the ports. Was able to get online. Looked in my router settings for any new devices, the switch did not show up.  No new Mac addresses. Or it's. But yet I'm online, going through the switch. Odd..

[Turn2]

You're not going to see the switch on your router. It's only a layer 2 device that is passing through communications between your router and any other devices connected to the switch. The switch doesn't have or need an IP address (you could put one on it to be able to connect to it for management purposes, but that's all it's used for).

If you reset the config, all of the ports, including the "uplink" ports, are all on VLAN 1. So at the moment the switch is acting like any other dumb, unmanaged switch.

[Jtaxel]

Ok so.. now that's helpful info. So for now that will work. But is there a reason only getting 9mbs on the ports? I have a gig connection. Wifi pulls 600mbs and hardline pulls 843mbs off the router.  Does configure need to be done foe faster ports? Or just an old switch.?

Thanks

[Turn2]

Well the 24 UTP ports are only 10/100 on that switch, so you're not going to see 600 Mbps. The uplink ports are 1 Gig, so they are not likely to be a bottleneck. But if you're only getting 9 Mbps it could be an auto-negotiation issue (e.g. the switch port and end device are only negotiating a 10 Mbps connection). This is where connecting to the switch with a console cable, or giving it an IP address  so that you could Telnet to it would be useful to see what speed/duplex have been negotiated on each port, and setting it to fixed 100/full duplex if required.

[Jtaxel]

Ok. So can you use the usb port on the switch to console to?  I have a USB A to USB A , cable. Or does it have to be a USB to rj-45? 

[Turn2]

You could try the USB port - I know some models require a special USB driver get loaded onto your PC but most newer switches work without a driver being loaded. Just plug it in and see if a COM port gets added to Windows (check Device Manager), then use PuTTY or some other terminal emulation software to connect to that COM port.  I'm old-school and use a USB to serial adapter on my laptops, so I don't know which models work without the driver.

[Jtaxel]

Ok. Yea I did see, a driver download on the Cisco website. Yea I don't even own a pc  with serial ports. Lol . Well just bought a refurbished,  actually, haven't opened it yet.. it may have one on it lol

But thanks,  will try putty tonight.

[Turn2]

The driver is very old, and has nothing but frustrate me whenever I've tried to use it (I may have got it to work with an IE3300 switch) but I have a couple of Startech USB-to-serial adapters that never fail. 

Sure would be nice to find a good modern laptop with a serial port, but I don't think they exist anymore  

[Jtaxel]

OK.. Update, I was able to putty into it through the USB.
Did the basic config. Set an IP address and gateway. Can access it through the IP web interface. So now when I update a port to 1000 speed and submit, it disables that port. tried at 100 also. left duplex at auto. the port will not let me even use it. never lights up. the picture shows it lit again, as i moved it back.

[Turn2]

Something is wrong because WS-C2960S-F24TS-L is a 10/100 switch. The port names, and the ability to set them to 1000 Mbps doesn't make sense. Can you connect to it via PuTTY again and post the output from "show version" and "show run" commands?

[Jtaxel]

Unable to do a "show run" command, says run is invalid

here is the show version.

[Turn2]

Ok, that makes more sense - it's a model 2960S-24PS-L which is 10/100/1000 on every port.

Make sure you are in exec mode (type the word "enable" when you are at the "Switchname>" prompt). If you don't have a password yet, you will get the "Switchname#" prompt, and then you can type "show run". Also, try "Show interface status" and post that.