2811 and 2x HWIC-4ESW

[Alterac]

I have a 2811 with 2x HWIC-4ESW's.
The seond 4ESW doesnt seem to work right.

I read a bit about having to stack the modules but that seems crazy to have to waste 2 ports of the 8 i wanted.

I dont need both switch modules to act like 1 8 port switch, every port of the modules has their own vlan and such.

Any thoughts? and can anyone explain the stacking more?

Should I just plug F0/0/4 to F0/1/1 and then use the stacking commands? This would seem to bring me from 4 usable ports up to 6.. Hardly optimal.

I can also post a config if needed.

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Bill

 

[Alterac]

To Answer my own question, once I enabled the stacking it worked as i wanted.

Seems a huge waste of ports.

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Bill