Question about Spanningtree port costs/priorities etc.. on catalyst switches

2001-03-27 Thread ciscosis
if for example switch port 1/1 has a port cost of 10 and a port priority of 32 and switch port 1/2 has a port cost of 20 and a port priority of 16 which port forwards which port blocks does port priority take presidence over port cost? first correct answer wins ! _

Re: trunking

2001-03-23 Thread ciscosis
ISL has a number of advantages over dot1q, for example it supports per vlan spanning tree (PVST) which allows a separate spantree instance per Vlan which makes networks more scalable and more stable than dot1q based. It is Cisco proprietary but it interoperates with dot1q (common spanning tree)

Re: Vlan Question

2001-03-22 Thread ciscosis
Brad I expect you know - but you must have a layer3 device (router) between the two Vlans you can then apply access lists to the vlan interfaces on the router. What about dual NIC's in the server one connected to the Lan the other to the single user It would be a lot cheeper just don't allow th

question - oversubscription on switch trunk links... or not?

2001-03-21 Thread ciscosis
Hello all, Can anyone advise/help with this? Recently we installed a switched network using the Cisco collapsed core model. Our core/distribution switches are 2 cat 6506's connected to each other via a gbit etherchannel providing 2 gbits of bandwidth between the core switches. Our trunk links f

Re: BCMSN - exam question

2001-03-21 Thread ciscosis
x27;t remember covering these in the course except for a very brief mention of the various trunking standards used. I expect that's why it was mentioned in the outline but I wanted to be sure Thanks again - Original Message - From: "Charlie Hartwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&

question - oversubscription on switch trunk links... or not?

2001-03-21 Thread ciscosis
Hello all, Can anyone advise/help with this? =20 Recently we installed a switched network using the cisco colapsed core = model. Our core/distribution switches are 2 cat 6506's connected to each other = via a gbit etherchannel providing 2 gbits of bandwidth between the core = switches.=20 Our t

BCMSN - exam question

2001-03-20 Thread ciscosis
my appologies if this has been asked before i couldn't find precisely = what I wanted to know in the Archives Question:- Are the course notes sufficient to pass the (640-504) switching exam.=20 could anyone recomend additional reading if they are not? =20 TIA=20 Ciscosis - A s