I have a catalyst switch and a number of its ports are showing up as inactive. The cisco web page does not list inactive as one of the possible values in the status field of a show port command, yet there it is Anyone know what this means????? They were not connected until I assigned them to a VLAN, then they showed up as inactive Thanks Tom cat5000-3> (enable) sho port Port Name Status Vlan Level Duplex Speed Type ----- ------------------ ---------- ---------- ------ ------ ----- ------------ 1/1 notconnect 1 normal half 100 100BaseTX 1/2 notconnect 1 normal half 100 100BaseTX 2/1 inactive 4 normal auto auto 10/100BaseTX 2/2 inactive 4 normal auto auto 10/100BaseTX 2/3 inactive 4 normal auto auto 10/100BaseTX 2/4 inactive 4 normal auto auto 10/100BaseTX 2/5 inactive 4 normal auto auto 10/100BaseTX 2/6 inactive 4 normal auto auto 10/100BaseTX 2/7 inactive 4 normal auto auto 10/100BaseTX 2/8 inactive 4 normal auto auto 10/100BaseTX 2/9 inactive 4 normal auto auto 10/100BaseTX 2/10 inactive 4 normal auto auto 10/100BaseTX 2/11 inactive 4 normal auto auto 10/100BaseTX 2/12 inactive 4 normal auto auto 10/100BaseTX 3/1 inactive 331 normal auto auto 10/100BaseTX 3/2 inactive 331 normal auto auto 10/100BaseTX 3/3 inactive 331 normal auto auto 10/100BaseTX 3/4 inactive 331 normal auto auto 10/100BaseTX 3/5 inactive 332 normal auto auto 10/100BaseTX 3/6 inactive 332 normal auto auto 10/100BaseTX 3/7 inactive 332 normal auto auto 10/100BaseTX 3/8 inactive 332 normal auto auto 10/100BaseTX 3/9 inactive 333 normal auto auto 10/100BaseTX 3/10 inactive 333 normal auto auto 10/100BaseTX 3/11 inactive 333 normal auto auto 10/100BaseTX 3/12 inactive 333 normal auto auto 10/100BaseTX 3/13 inactive 334 normal auto auto 10/100BaseTX 3/14 inactive 334 normal auto auto 10/100BaseTX 3/15 inactive 334 normal auto auto 10/100BaseTX 3/16 inactive 334 normal auto auto 10/100BaseTX 3/17 inactive 335 normal auto auto 10/100BaseTX 3/18 inactive 335 normal auto auto 10/100BaseTX 3/19 inactive 335 normal auto auto 10/100BaseTX 3/20 inactive 335 normal auto auto 10/100BaseTX 3/21 inactive 336 normal auto auto 10/100BaseTX 3/22 inactive 336 normal auto auto 10/100BaseTX 3/23 inactive 336 normal auto auto 10/100BaseTX 3/24 inactive 336 normal auto auto 10/100BaseTX 4/1 notconnect 1 normal auto auto 10/100BaseTX 4/2 notconnect 1 normal auto auto 10/100BaseTX 4/3 notconnect 1 normal auto auto 10/100BaseTX 4/4 notconnect 1 normal auto auto 10/100BaseTX Tom Pruneau Trainer Network Operations GENUITY 3 Van de Graff Drive Burlington Ma. 01803 24 Hr. Network Operations Center 800-436-8489 If you need to get a hold of me my hours are 8AM-4PM ET Mon-Fri --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This email is composed of 82% post consumer recycled data bits --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right" _________________________________ FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

