Heya, I'm at a site right now where I we have a central Cat 6509 as core with a couple fiber blades and 4 more 10/100 rj45 blades (ACK). This switch does the core routing within the network. It also is the main switch for the servers at the site. The fiber blades go out to closets with stacks of 3524's. There is also another stack of 3524's right next to the Big kitty for workstations in the area. They have really good turnaround on the failure of the cat6509 but I still wonder what the downtime will cost them if the thing decides it would rather be a coffee maker. I have been talking to the tie wearing folks about an interim backup solution. Im thinking in the interim of a disaster I can grab a 2620 or higher and run the routing on a stick I hear on this group so often. I am not sure where to place this router though. I can swap all the gig modles to the 3524's next to the cat. Then from there put a router on it and do the router on a stick. I just don't know where exactly to put this in and how to design it. ( Im not versed in network design of this type and quite a few others too :) Some ideas in this matter from the grand folks on the group would be appreciated indeed. Im am very interested in learning this one. Also what to do about those 48 port modules on the Cat while it is sleeping too? Hehe. If I were here while this was being designed I would have yelled alot more about this conglomerate core/distro/access thingy. Anyway if you need drawnings of the mess or any further info I can supply them quick like :) Looking forward to your thoughts! Thanks in advance. Dave Cooper Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=4841&t=4841 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]