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[oramacs]

Hello everyone,
Please be nice, this is my first post.


I am trying to telnet or http to a access point on the network and can't. I will try mt best to explain the situation.

PC -> 2960(K) (Building A) -> Core-4506 (Building B) -> (Building C) 2960(H) -> 2960(J) -> 1242 AP

K,H,J - are just identifiers for talking through the situation.

Building A is 10.1.23.xxx and building C is 10.1.15.xxx

~ The PC and the AP are on 2 different subnets that talk through the core. They are in different buildings.
~ when I do a tracert from the PC - I can get to A,H,J
~ when I do a tracert from the PC to the AP it fails at K
~ From the PC the AP does not respond to ping.

I think the problem is K doesn't know the route to the AP.

Thanks,
oramacs

 

[VinceWhirlwind]

Just on VTP - Cisco caused this protocol to become very unpopular due to their stupid decision to ship switches with VTP mode set to SERVER. I can only guess why they did this, but suspect it was a deliberate attempt to add value to their Certifications by causing problems for network admins who were untrained in the use of VTP.

 

[oramacs]

Here is what I see for VTP

CORE <-> C2960(VTP Client) <-> C2960(VTP Server) <-> C3560(VTP Transparent) <-> AP

I am reading more about VTP right now, to make sure I have a good understanding.

Are you saying all switches, except the core (4506) should be VTP transparent?

 

[oramacs]

In one building I have 9 switches they are all 2960 or 3560 and they are all set to server or client. Will it cause a problem for my users , if I go through and convert them to transparent, thet are all on the smae VTP domain? I dont want to take down my network in the middle of the day, that might not go so well for me.
I am still learning about VTP

 

[VinceWhirlwind]

The end result you probably want is for every device to be VTP Transparent, meaning you do not use VTP.

It's been years since I used VTP so I can't remember the ins and outs of it - for example, if VTP has created a VLAN on a switch and you change the VTP mode, could it affect your VLANs? I think not.
The main thing to remember with VTP is that a VTP server can delete all the VLANs off 1 or more other switches that exist on the same switched network. So you don't want any switches to be VTP client (they could get wiped) or VTP Server (they could do the wiping)/.

 

[oramacs]

I got it figured out, thanks everyone...