Barry,
You can enable a trunk on the 3548, and create subinterfaces on the 3550 at
site A.
I don't know the exact configuration details about a 3550, but it should be
something like:
interface gigabitethernet 0/2
no switchport
!
interface gigabitethernet 0/2.10
encapsulation dot1q 10 -Original Message-
> From: Barry Warrick [mailto:nobody@;groupstudy.com]
> Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 11:23 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: please help with vlan scenario [7:57245]
>
>
> I have Site A which acts as a host for incoming fiber connections from
> Site's B,C, and D. All 4 sites are on different subnets. At Site A a
> Catalyst 3550G with 12 available fiber GBIC connections is what the 3
> incoming sites B,C, and D connect to on GBIC interfaces 1,2, and 3,
> respectively.. The 3550G also has two Ethernet ports on it,
> one which has a
> crossover to a Catalyst 3548 switch, which feeds the local
> LAN users at Site
> A itself.
>
> Interface GBIC 4 on the 3550G has a fiber link connecting to
> Site E, which
> is then routed over ATM. So basically the 3550 at Site A
> routes traffic
> between itself and the B,C, and D sites and over to Site E. Site E is
> actually our core router site (Cisco 3540) but Site A was
> chosen to hosts
> the other 3 sites (B,C,and D) due to logistics.
>
> Now what I need to do back at Site A is segment the local LAN
> on the 3548
> switch into two vlans. Both vlans need to pass traffic across
> the network.
> Remember one port on the 3548 has a crossover to the 3550G
> switch. The 3550G
> is not set up with vlans. If I break the ports on the 3548 to
> the vlan's I
> want, I assume I set the crossover port to be a trunk? And if
> so, do I need
> to setup the other end of the crossover on the 3550 with any vlan's or
> trunking??? No other subnets will be broken into vlan's so I
> want to make
> sure any change I may have to make on the 3550 to support the
> local vlans on
> the 3548 do not hinder traffic flow to and from the other
> sites interfaces
> on the 3550. Am I over complicating this setup? I know my description
> probably is confusing. I guess in simple terms I just need to
> make sure how
> I set up vlans on the local Site A without affecting the
> other sites that
> Site A supports?
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