John wrote: > 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/ps6 > 07/product_data_sheet09186a0080088a16.pdf I don't think you need to do all that: Check out: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst2900xl_3500xl/release12.0_5_wc3/swg/Swgports.html -Ross ______________________________________________________________________ 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.