Thanks, this really did help. gi0/24 is a management port, I'm not sure what better way to explain this, I have 4 switches on vlan 13, each switch has an ip assigned to gi0/24 with different ip addresses so I can manage each switches individually. I'm sure there is an easier way to do this, but I didn't design the original topology. ... View more

Ok, so I am trying to figure out the best way to explain this. I have many VLAN within my VTP domain, I know once I setup the switch as a vtp client it will propagate to the switch, but won't it propagate all vlans to the new switch? How can I tell it that all host setup on the new switch should be on VLAN 13? As for the management stuff, I put all management interfaces on vlan 5, this is so I can telnet into the switch to manage it, I always put management addresses on port g0/24. Also, VTP Server/Client is already setup on my network, I just want to know how to specify that I want the new switch to issue ip addresses from vlan 13, vlan 13 is already setup in my vtp domain, I have other switches using vlan 13. ... View more

But how can I tell it what VLAN I want it to be on? I want it to be on VLAN 13, where is this done at? On the main VTP server switch, or on the new switch? ... View more

Thanks for all your help, but I figured the best way to get this answered was to goto the Metro E provider. So this is what they are recommeding, the two Layer 3\Router devices will be on the same segment for communication purposes, the the two layer 2\switch devices behind the routers will have seperate vlans to define a different segment. So the segments will be setup on the switches instead of the routers. ... View more

I'm sorry Richard to simplify my question, I have one WAN router located at (location A) on the following segment 147.x.x.x, and another WAN router at (location B) that I would like on the following segment 172.x.x.x, they will both be connected via Metro E\MAN circuit to allow resource access from one location to the other. Both routers will talk to the Metro E Ce circuit to communicate back and forth, I wanted to know if I need to enable any special protocols on the WAN routers for seamless communications between the two routers other than bridging the ports? Behind each WAN router they will be a Cisco Catalyst 2960 switches, this will go into our patch panel. So the routers are not necessarily facing the internet, but rather the two Metro E fiber circuits that are plugged into the routers. I hope this helps. ... View more

This will be a fiber link, we are using Metro E I will contact the Metro E provider. Also, each WAN router will have a different segment, does this matter? One remote site will be on a 172.x.x.x segment, and the other will be on 147.x.x.x segment. Is there anything I need to enable to make the two segments talk? ... View more