Cisco Catalyst 3524 configuration

[Guest_imported]

Please forgive my lack of knowledge about the subject but I was volunteered to set up a Cisco switch and I have no experience with switches.

I do have some experience setting up peer-to-peer networks but only using hubs.

My question is: The only reason the company I work for got this particular switch is because the company is split up into 2 buildings with about 500 feet between each building's offices and they wanted to utilize the fiber optic line that was installed by the previous owners. The company will never even come close to utilizing the full capacity of this switch the only thing it's needed for is connecting the two buildings. The company is on a VPN that ties together locations in Baltimore, LA and Detroit.

Can I just use these switches as a type of hub that won't interfere with the firewall that is currently set up? I have one switch in each building. The server is running Windows 2000 Server and the client machines are using DHCP, how will this switch effect this particular topology?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Kevin G

 

[wybnormal]

A pre-pulled fiber run? if only I could be so lucky. As long as the switches have the correct fiber interface ( shorthaul or long haul) they will work fine. The different between the two types of fiber are a few. Short is multimode( bright LED) and long ( kilometers) is single mode ( or Laser powered) The Short is good for 500 feet or so depending on who made it. You need to find out what kind of fiber you have there in the conduit.

MikeS [sig][/sig]

 

[ariev]

Hi

Just connect the switches as if they were hubs and forget about them.

in 90% of the cases that would work.
in the other 10% you will get duplex and auto-sensing problems - in such cases you should disable autosensing and fix your NICs to a fixed configuration (in the advanced tab in the NIC's configuration screen)

Arie [sig][/sig]

 

[Guest_imported]

I am using cisco 3524 switch and I want to redirect http traffic to a cashing web server. Is this possible with the cisco 3524?