[afnog] VLANs on Cisco Catalyst 2950

[David Chima]

Try using a crosover cable. eventhough that switch may intelligently do the switching with a straight but experience 
(to me) has shown that a D-Link Switch doesn't work uplinking with a straight cable.

Regards

David

On 31 May 2006 at 9:28, Gabriel Oladapo-Sotonwa wrote:

> 
> Hello Friends,
> 
> Having being a member of this mailing list for some time now and seeing the way solutions were profer to different
> problems, i was moved to share a problem i have been facing in my office for an urgent solution please.
> 
> I tried giving internet access to the second and third floor ofthe 3 stories building of my officeand but it wouldn't
> just work out.
> 
> The internet link/cable from the vsat came directly through the modem to a 4 port linksys router/switch and another
> cable took the access to a D-Link switch at the ground floor that is serving all systems on the ground and first 
floor.
> 
> I now want to take another link/cable from that same linksys at the ground floor to a D-link switch on the second 
floor
> so as to serve the systems connected to the switch but the link is always blinking.I then brought an ordinary cable 
from
> the ground floor switch to a workstation on the third floorand it is browsing but when you put the same cable on the
> switch, it will be unstable. what do i do? people on the 2nd and 3rd floors need to browse urgently.
> 
> I eagerly awaits the suggestion of the experts in the house as my integrity is at stake in the office.
> 
> Yours
> 
> Gabriel Sotonwa
> Network Administrator
> 
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