On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 15:46 -0400, Ross S. W. Walker wrote: > Timothy Selivanow wrote: > > On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 15:14 -0400, John wrote: > > > On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 14:08 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: > > > > Timothy Selivanow wrote: > > > > > On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 14:26 -0400, John wrote: > > > > >> If I paid a couple grand for a core switch i'd be calling Cisco! > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > They're not core switches, they're just the catalyst 2900XL which is a > > > > > small 24 port switch. We've got stacks of these sitting unused, so I > > > > > doubt they're too expensive/valuable. > > > > > > > > > > > > > They were expensive once. Now they are end-of-life'd and you can't get > > > > a support contract or a new IOS for them. > > > > > > > > > > Yea there 8years old and do not support todays technology. All the way > > > back to IOS 8.. > > > > It's running IOS 12.0(5)WC16, but running that command in enable didn't > > work (also tried it in config). Thanks for all of your suggestions and > > help. It's still pretty frustrating though... > > sw1-ven-nyc(config-if)#switch trunk encap ? > dot1q Interface uses only 802.1q trunking encapsulation when trunking > isl Interface uses only ISL trunking encapsulation when trunking > > It supports dot1q, you need to setup a port group for the 2 interfaces > though and then configure trunking on that port group. > > -Ross It supports what you are after through using the "Expansion Modules" Like Ross said you will have to make create port Pairs IE, a 24 port switch can support up to 8 ports total . Maybe an easier way to accomplish this would be to use the cisco CMS or Cisco Works Manager. Standards • IEEE 802.3x full duplex on 100Base-T ports • IEEE 802.1D Spanning-Tree • IEEE 802.3u 100Base-TX • IEEE 802.3 10Base-T specification • IEEE 802.3z 1000Base-X • IEEE 802.3ab • IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Trunking • ATM Forum LANE 1.0 Reference: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/switches/ps5718/ps607/product_data_sheet09186a0080088a16.pdf > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by > the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged > and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient > of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, > distribution or copying of this e-mail, and any attachments thereto, > is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, > please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the > original and any copy or printout thereof. > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- ~/john OpenPGP Sig:BA91F079