On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 18:05 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: > John wrote: > > > > Now for what version of the 2900 you have I do not know. But it seems > > the info on Ciscos site is kind of misleading in places. There is some > > documentation that says it works and some say you have to have the add > > on modules. > > > > Your best bet if your not comfortable with the IOS command line is to > > use the Web Interface or the Cisco Works Manager Interface. I say this > > because I have really no way of knowing your experiance on this. I > > wouln't do this on a live production switch. > > > > Trunking has to do with carrying multiple tagged vlans on one port - and > the 2900xl with a 12.x IOS should do that in either ISL (cisco) or dot1q > mode. But I thought we were grouping ports instead. You should be > able to do both, but the interfaces in the same port group would have to > have the same trunk encapsulation set. There is a separate 'vlan > database' command on those switches where you have to add the vlan > numbers that you want a trunk to carry - and it doesn't get saved in the > visible config file. If you have 'switchport access vlan nnn' on any > interface that number goes in the vlan database automatically but you > just want the trunk ports to pass some other vlans through you have to > add them explicitly. ' Ok, if I am reading your reply right VLAN configs are so to say saved in the switch instead of the config file correct? So a config file never contains the VLAN info. Just wondering any way to copy or backup the VLAN Database? There has to be shouldn't. Been 4 years or more since I've touched one. Guess I need to get the newest emulator software Cisco has. > -- ~/john OpenPGP Sig:BA91F079