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Questions tagged [cisco-catalyst]
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Cisco Catalyst 3560 PoE 48 with setting interface to auto qos voip trust
All I'm trying to do is copy the running-config from a Cisco Catalyst 2560 PoE 24, to a Catalyst 3560 PoE 48. This is f0/1 from the original switch:
interface FastEthernet0/1
switchport access vlan 40
switchport mode access
switchport voice vlan…

user113920
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How to configure a Cisco Catalyst 2960 to synchronize with an NTP server
I would like to synchronize a Cisco Catalyst 2960 series switch with a publicly available NTP server such as time.apple.com. I have reviewed the knowledge base article here:
Catalyst 2960 Configuration Guide but am not entirely sure which parts of…

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How do I connect two Cisco Catalyst 2950 over LAN?
I'm trying to connect (2) Cisco Catalyst 2950's over each's respective FastEthernet 0/1 ports, but for some reason, they're not communicating. I'm doing this to physically extend my network and add more network ports.
On SwitchA (10.10.10.1) I…

CIA
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Cisco IOS - Stuck in Read Only Mode
I can't figure out what happened but I can not enable privileged mode in my Cisco 3750.
At first, I tried:
enable
to enter EXEC mode. My password would not work and it kicked me out after 3 retries.
Did some troubleshooting and happened to…

Kev
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How can I add ACL entry comments on a Cisco 3750?
I'm trying to find the best way to add comments into my access-lists. For the moment, the only maneer I found is the following one:
switch#conf t
switch(config)#ip access-list extended VLAN-TEST3
switch(config-ext-nacl)#remark first…

Cramix
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Is there any advantage or reason with vertical chassis switch?
When I was looking for Cisco 6500 series chassis,
I saw that there are horizontal(6509E) and vertical chassis(6509VE).
Although 6509VE has same(or almost same) chassis height as 6513E,
but 6509VE only can hold 9 modules, which is same as 6509E.
So,…

Kamome
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Will a Cisco WS-X4548-GB-RJ45 switch module fit in a 3825 router chassis
I currently have a NME-XD-48ES-2S-P 10/100 switch module in my 3825 router and am looking to upgrade it to a 10/100/1000 switch. I found a pretty good deal on the WS-X4548-GB-RJ45 switch module, but I can't figure out if it is compatible with the…

John P
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How to enable Cisco switch port mirroring without rebooting?
I have a Cisco WS-C2960S-24TS-S switch and would like enable a port mirror for network analyzer (such as Snort). I could not see any options in the GUI interface.
Is it possible, and how do I enable it without a reboot?

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Cisco Auto Smartports on catalyst 2960-s
I have Cisco Catalyst 2960-s, I want to configure user defined macros on it. I searched a lot in Cisco documentation but its not for beginners :(
How to create a user defined macro that runs when a device is connected on a port?
How to test the IP…

Ould Abba
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Connect Aironet to Catalyst Switch
I have a Cisco Aironet 2602E-A-K running 12.4(25e)JA1 with a Gig ethernet port defined as so:
interface GigabitEthernet0
no ip address
no ip route-cache
duplex auto
speed auto
!
interface GigabitEthernet0.1
encapsulation dot1Q 1 native
no ip…

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How to allow IGMP traffic on Cisco switches?
I have a network formed by some Cisco switches (a 2960 at the center, some 2950s for distribution). The network uses VLANs, and there are trunks between the various switches. Computers in the same VLAN can happily talk across multiple switches.…

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Cisco 3750 switch wont transmit radius request to server
We have a radius server running on our lan and i am able to authenticate against it through direct link to the server.
However when we want our clients to connect through our switch (cisco 3750 Version 12.2(55)SE7) no request is received by our…

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Cisco IOS switch dropping legit DHCP requests
We have Cisco Catalyst 4507R running IOS v12.2 that appears to be dropping valid DHCP requests. Checking for the requests using tcpdump on the DHCP server and on a machine connected to a monitoring port shows that only after 30s (and on the 8th…

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Configure cisco switch remotely without console access
Since Cisco in their newer firmwares disabled access to the web interface before password is set on the switch I need an alternative way of configuring switches remotely.
I read up on the Cisco Smart Install…

Alex R
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Catalyst 3560G SPAN session not mirroring IGMP packets
I am developing a device which acts as a multicast host, and want to observe it as it responds to IGMP Queries.
My Catalyst 3560G is set up as follows (full config below): Port 0/1 is a TFTP server allowing the device under test to boot. Port 0/3…

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