Summary: Hey guys! I bought a Planet Layer 3 switch to install at my company. I have two local subnets which are: 192.168.1.0/24 192.168.20.0/24 Now, after I c...
Summary: There is no clear answer really anymore. YES, some smart switches are in fact true routers. By definition a Layer 3 switch would only care about laye...
Summary: Hi Guys, I want some information. I have cisco-3750G layer-3 switch. I want to set IOS fall back booting sequience on it. When the switch's IO...
Summary: I am looking for a switch to: -prioritize UDP over TCP -block ports (such as file sharing) among the different ports on the switch. Can I do this with...
Summary: Hi, I have a Catalyst 2948G Layer 3 Switch configured as a switch here at work. Currently, there are several hubs plugged into the switch, that are co...
Summary: Hi All, Have a question about layer 3 switches. Say my LAN is 192.168.1.0/24 and I have 3 gateways attached directly with LAN IPs in the 192.168.1.0/2...
Summary: Whenever you're talking different subnet's, it's always a routing issue. If there isn't a valid route in the router, it won't matter what gateway add...
Summary: You do of course realize that daisy chaining switches is a bad idea right? Also, it's always best to use a crossover when connecting like devices. I ...
Summary: Actually, after I thought about it a bit, Brian's idea is actually really good (although mine was much more elegant;). With the price of broadband rou...
Summary: Hey all, I have set up a 48 port layer 3 switch. Each port has its own ip address. they start from 192.168.1.1 up to 192.168.42.1 and then there are a...
Summary: A single layer 3 switch is like one hand clapping. Not much sense. (Layer 3's can direct network paths to the nearest gateway/switch, but with only on...
Summary: Yes the switch needs a gateway because a switch transmitts data across LANs (in other words the same network, router (gateways) across WANs (in other ...
Summary: What wanderer means is, a Layer 3 switch. You could do it with a switch and a separate router as well if your present switch isn't a Layer 3 switch. ...
Summary: You are mixing vlans with ip subnetting. It is very easy to set the two ports the wan links connect to on the same vlan. That does not address your su...
Summary: i am thinking if my company has about 500 IP phones, should I create a Class B DHCP voice vlan? say 172.16.40.0/22 to accommodate so that eliminate ro...
Summary: Managed layer 3 switches that are VLAN capable would help. You could setup VLAN's and configure routing on them. You could also buy a router (not a S...
Summary: The layer 2 packet already contains the layer 3 data (and 4-7 data for that matter). A L3 device can do all kinds of things like change the L3 info l...
Summary: Dunno what to say really. There could be a few ways to connect. Normally you configure an IP address and subnet mask together to determine what is lo...
Summary: I suspected you were using the switch to do the routing....it's a layer 3 switch after all. The layer 3 switches we use where I work are capable of d...
Summary: I have configured 2 VLANs (10 and 20) on this Layer 3 switch. Ive also configured 2 SVIs one on each VLAN. IP ranges are: VLAN 10 is 192.168.1.0/24 ...
Summary: I need some help from somebody that is experienced at setting up large networks, here are some base design questions I have for a network of 7 departm...
Summary: LAN? you mean diff subnets? like 192.168.0.0/24 is one, 192.168.1.0/24 is another? etc.... if that what you call a LAN the answer is maybe only if the...