Want to set up two 2950 Catalyst as dumb switches...

[buddhaflow]

Hi, I'm not very knowledgeable about the Cisco ways of doing things.

I have two 2950 switches, that I have console access to.

Neither have any passwords.

I basically want to set them up as unmanaged switches. I don't really need all of the fancy IOS capabilities, I just need to be able to plug a lot of RJ45 in and share the Internet to all ports.

Do I set every port to the same VLAN, and then enable 'trunk' mode?

This is what I think, but I can't figure out how!

I know it should be simple, but no matter what I try, I can't get it to work.

Can anyone tell me what to enter to accomplish this?

[Peter Paluch · Accepted solution]

Sasha,

The trunk is not what you want. I suggest configuring your switch as follows:

spanning-tree vlan 1-4094 priority 61440
spanning-tree mode rapid
spanning-tree portfast default
interface range fa0/1 - 24
 switchport mode access
 switchport access vlan 1

This will make sure that the switch uses Rapid STP but does not take over the existing root switch, makes all ports to be rapidly unblocked in STP, puts them into access mode (members of single VLAN only) and assigns them all into the default VLAN.

Best regards,

Peter

[buddhaflow]

You're the man! This has been driving me bananas for longer than I care to admit! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU :D:D:D:D

[quang@thaweb.com]

Hello,

I have 1 Catalyst 4948 as a managed switch but I want to add additional Catalyst 4948 switches to the network but don't need it to be managed. Can you provide the commands to make all 48 ports gigabit unmanaged?

thank you!

[Shashi7527]

That worked! thanks but when I connect a direct cable to Switch devices connected to this switch doesn't get IP's.