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Hi there,I would like to add more ports to my current 6509 switch. I was thinking of buying a new switch and then connect it to the existing switch through fiber cable.Can I just buy a new 6509 chassis and put only a fiber module and 5 other port mod...
Hi thereMy switch is Catalyst 6509. I have 2 ADSL modem-routers that has 1M download speed each. I would like to "combine" both download speed so that I get 2M. Each ADSL modem-router connects to end PC using LAN cable. Is it possible to connect two ...
Hi there, I am a network admin and am experiencing slow network connection across all VLANs in my LAN. Any ideas on isolating and troubleshooting my problem? Thanks a lot.
Hi there, I have a problematic port where it could not get an IP intermittently. In other words, I got disconnected intermittently. I do not think DHCP as the problem as the other ports are working fine. When I did a "show port" through my 6509 switc...
Hi there,I have two 6509 switches running Hybrid OS. Recently I face an intermittent port problem which is hard to troubleshoot. A few of the ports (all in the same port module and VLAN) lose the Internet connection on and off. When I do a ipconfig /...
Hi Leon,I am not sure what's the definition for "core" and "distribution" but my current switch connects my room LAN to the campus LAN. I have my own DHCP server and thus the current switch is able to provide IP addresses.
Hi Leon,Thanks for your reply. May I know the reason why I need the Sup module for my new chassis? Can't I just connect my new switch to my current one using Fiber channel? Upgrading the current chassis is not really an option since I do not have spa...
Hi,Thanks for your reply. Here is the output of Show version. WS-C6509 Software, Version NmpSW: 8.3(3)Copyright (c) 1995-2004 by Cisco SystemsNMP S/W compiled on Aug 9 2004, 10:40:14System Bootstrap Version: 8.1(3)System Boot Image File is 'bootflas...
Hi Amit, Thanks for your reply. I think I could rule out the cabling and NIC problem as I have used my Network Analyzer to check the cabling and have used different NIC but the problem still occurs. Besides hard setting the speed and duplex, is there...
