Catalys 2960 lt2p

[dbrb2]

Hello - apologies if any of what follows is very basic / wrong...

I am trying to set up a tunnel, using l2tp, with no encryption, between a Cisco 2960 switch and a linux box. I was just interested what, if any, impact the tunnel would have on network performance - jitter, latency etc, and it was a chance to get to grips with the cisco switch.

I found a Cisco guide here:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/12_0t/12_0t1/feature/guide/l2tpT.html#wp18198

which seems to be very much what I am trying to do, but having telneted into the router and tried to use the LNS config script I get an error:

Catalyst1(config)#interface Virtual-Template1
                                     ^
% Invalid input detected at '^' marker.

And as for configuring the linux end, I haven't even found a suitable client yet - almost all want to use IPSEC over the tunnel.

Can anyone shed any light on where I am going wrong, or give any other pointers?

Cheers,

Ben

 

[vipergg]

A 2960 is a layer 2 switch I doubt you can set that up on a layer 2 switch .

 

[burtsbees]

That config guide is for a layer 3 switch and a router---as vipergg says, the 2960 is a layer 2 switch. It will not work

Burt