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I used to believe that to connect two PCs we have to use crossover cable (since they are similar devices).Today 9-05-2006 I figured out that the straight through cable is working as well.Any clarification about this ?I assigned ip address of type 192...

Hi,I would really appreciate if anyone could advise if there is any way to prevent people from configuring their PC ip address to be the default gateway ip address? Certain times, end user might configure the default gateway ip address on their pc as...

I understand the concept, but being the net-noob I am, I just can't seem to grasp the idea of how it all comes together. I know you need to know the size of business/company w/e to determine your mask and that you will have to leave room for growth....

Hello, I have L3 3550, and L2 2950 switches, L3 is working as a VTP server Mode, and L2 is as VTP client Mode..How much VLAN i can configure on L3 switches.Maximum VLAN on L3 is almost 1000, can 2950 work as a VTP client mode for these 1000 VLANs...

Hello, I have L3 3550, and L2 2950 switches, L3 is working as a VTP server Mode, and L2 is as VTP client Mode.. How much VLAN i can configure on L3 switches.Maximum VLAN on L3 is almost 1000, can 2950 work as a VTP client mode for these 1000 VLANs, b...

I was wondering if someone could advise me - I have a small network consisting of 2 servers - One DC Windows 2003 with IIS serving HTTP/HTTPS and FTP. Another is a terminal server. Can I use a PIX 515 UR to protect them and still port forward the Cur...

I have a 2950 switch and I want to block or drop all ip traffic on port 368. All of the ports are all on a single VLAN (eg VLAN 40). What is most efficient way to do this? VACL? If you could provide an example of the appropriate commands that would...

My switch hangs on bootup. The SYST light continually flashes Amber. Any suggestions on how to recover from this or is the switch done for?

HiCould someone please explain the following. I just need to double check my explanation of the following:access-list acl_dmz3 permit icmp any anyaccess-list acl_dmz3 permit udp any any eq domainaccess-list acl_dmz3 permit udp any any eq ntpaccess-li...

I added a new network off a 4006L3 switch by creating one of the fastethernet ports as a routed port (using no switchport command on the int).I have created an intermediate network between this FaEth and fa0/1 on the 2621 rtr. EIGRP has been configur...

I see an issue with the CE500 that I am not sure if there is a fix for. You cannot set any single port to use VLAN voice, so if you have an older router, like a 2611 with 10 meg ports, you cannot terminate the voice vlan to route to the call manager,...

hi,i've gout a question regarding catalyst 3750 stack software upgrades.is there any possibility to do a software upgrade to the stack without rebooting all stack members at the same time? i tried to do this manually with "archive download-sw /overwr...

hi everybody, i was wondering if is it possible to limit the bandwith per user on a catalyst 4500. i mean that i want to specify the bandwidth used by a source ip when it's connected to the switch and manage the bandwidth by interface.thanks

I'm told by our ISP, that I have 5 subnets, and none of them are on vlans, and I have 2 uplinks configured as hsrp on the "outside" 2950, which then goes into a 515E Is this correct? or do I need to setup vlans?x.x.42.x/29 x.x.43.x/28 x.x.56.x/29x....