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
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