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VLANs and Trunks

Written by Rene Molenaar on . Posted in Switching

Scenario:

For this lab you need REAL hardware. You can't use switches in GNS3!

You only need layer 2 switches for this lab. The Cisco Catalyst 2950 or higher will work.

The school you work for has a flat network design and they only use layer 2 switches. One of the teachers built the network in his own time but he has no clue what he exactly did. There is only one VLAN and there have been issues with applications that generate too much broadcast traffic. It's up to you to segment the network and implement some VLANs.

Goal:

  • Create the following VLANs and configure the correct names:
  • VLAN 10: name Engineering.
  • VLAN 20: name Marketing.
  • VLAN 30: name Research.
  • VLAN 40: name Sales.
  • VLAN 50: name Management.
  • Configure fa0/1 on SW1 as an access interface in VLAN 10.
  • Configure fa0/2 on SW2 as an access interface in VLAN 20.
  • One of the links between SW1 and SW2 should use ISL encapsulation.
  • One of the links between SW2 and SW3 is not allowed to dynamically negotiate a trunking protocol.
  • One of the links between SW1 and SW3 should never send any DTP messages.
  • Only VLAN 1,10 and VLAN 20 are allowed between SW1 and SW2.
  • Only VLAN 1,10,20,40 and 50 are allowed between SW2 and SW3.
  • The native VLAN between SW1 and SW3 should be VLAN 50 on both links.

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IOS:

Basic IOS for the switches should be sufficient. No special features needed.

Topology:

VLAN and Trunk Network Topology

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Comments (4)

  • avatar
    1MisilEnMiPlacard
    2012-07-08 23:30:06

    Here is a workarround for emulating switches in GNS3 using routers c2691 routers

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=6BNSy1A5pS8

  • avatar
    ReneMolenaar
    2012-07-10 14:55:09

    Thanks for sharing this. Keep in mind many of the switch commands are unavailable or slightly different. Using "real" switches is still the best way to go for CCNP. For CCNA packet tracer is a good choice.

  • avatar
    derg20
    2013-02-15 06:40:19

    Good lab, but I cannot change the trunk encapsulation on my 2950. I have a 3550 and it works just fine. I looked into it and according to Cisco's website the 2950 does not support DTP. I did go to Cisco's website and download the latest IOS too but that didn't work either. Any ideas?

  • avatar
    BobK
    2013-05-23 00:08:17

    You cannot change the encapsulation on a 2950, it only supports dot1.q, but the 2950 does support DTP. But both ends have to agree on negotiating of the trunk. You can verify what's running with a "sh int f0/1 sw" just use the correct interface name your trying to test. You can hard code it trunk, use dynamic desirable or auto. But the other side has to agree to be a trunk with the correct mode of operation.

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