Catalyst 2900XL's (and 3500's) [7:42687]

My understanding is the Cat2950's replace the 2900XL's, and that with the exception of the 3508G's and the 3524-PWR's the 3500 line is EOI (i think july 1?). The 3550 is a 'suggested' replacement for the 3500Xl, and the pricing is supposed to drop on the 3550's. Bear in mind that the 3550 is a

6509 switch [7:31251]

is probably half duplexing and the switch is full. BTW you probably want to just nail the port (and NIC) to a given speed and duplex. -j. -- John W Reames / Director, Academic Computing, Morgan State University, MD [EMAIL PROTECTED] / http://jewel.morgan.edu/~reames / Fax: 410-319-3604 Calloway

7500 / 12.1(8a)E2 ... dCEF and named ACL [7:30876]

else run into this sort of issue ? (I am running 12.1(8a)E2 for dNBAR, anything later than 12.1(8a)E2 seems to hang quite solidly. but thats another issue ;) tia for any info. -j. -- John W Reames / Director, Academic Computing, Morgan State University, MD [EMAIL PROTECTED] / http://jewel.morgan.edu

FE over Type 1 [7:5029]

One warning about this: make sure there is an adapter cable connected on BOTH ends of the type 1 cabling; if you have a case where a disconnection is made on one of the IBM connectors, you have a pair of ethernet loopback cables... If your switch is set to full duplex, this may result in a