[c-nsp] Catalyst Switch Upgrades

[Reuben Farrelly]

Yes. John is correct, the 2950 does NOT support ISL, only dot1q (I think is what 
Brian meant to say...)

reuben



On 17/02/2006 8:57 a.m., John Neiberger wrote:
> That's quite wrong. I use dot1q trunking on all my 2950s. 
> 
> John
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>>>> "Brian Desmond" <brian at briandesmond.com> 2/16/06 12:51:48 PM >>>
> The 2950 does NOT support .1q trunking - only ISL. I don't know about
> the 2960, but, it wouldn't be surprising if this is the case there too.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Brian Desmond
> brian at briandesmond.com 
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net 
>> [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of John
> Neiberger
>> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 2:13 PM
>> To: kclapp at gwi.net; cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net 
>> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Catalyst Switch Upgrades
>>
>>>>> "Karl Clapp" <kclapp at gwi.net> 2/16/06 11:58:18 AM >>>
>>> Hello List..
>>>
>>> I am looking for a reasonable upgrade from the Cisco Catalyst 2924
>> switches
>>> we currently use.
>>>
>>> Primary we use the 2924's as a centralized switch in each POP, and
>> thus
>>> employee the 802.1Q VLAN tagging, so this is a continued
> requirement.
>> We
>>> have multiple types of equipment connecting to these switches, and
>> even use
>>> them for router to router connectivity (such as a media converter).
>> The
>>> switch must also have slots available for Gbic's as well..
>>>
>>> I am currently looking at the following models, and was curious if
>> anyone
>>> had any thoughts on them and their performance in the field:
>>>
>>> Catalyst 2950
>>> Catalyst 2960
>> If the 2924 is basically doing what you need then the 2950 or 
>> 2960 would be a good replacement. It probably makes sense to 
>> go with the 2960 since it appears to be the replacement for 
>> the 2950 line.
>>
>> John
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