How To Connect Two Cisco Switches Together?
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1. Connect each switch with an Ethernet cable (100 Mbps or more).
2. Log into the command line of each switch and assign a unique IP address to each one.
3. Set up an access list on each switch to control what traffic is allowed from one switch to the other.
4. Create a trunk port on each switch that will be used for communication between the two switches.
5. Configure VLANs (Virtual Local Area Network) on the switches to segment network traffic.
6. Enable routing protocols in order to enable communication between the two switches.
7. Test the connection by pinging each switch from the other, and verify that all ports are working correctly.
1. Connect a network cable between the two switches.
2. Configure the IP address of each switch.
3. Configure the VLANs that will be used for communication between the switches.
4. Configure trunking so that the two switches can communicate with each other.
5. Configure the spanning tree protocol so that the switches can detect loops and prevent them.
6. Configure the native VLAN so that it can be used for communication between the two switches.
7. Enable port security to protect the switches from unauthorized access.
8. Test the connection between the two switches to make sure everything is working.
1. Connect an Ethernet cable from a numbered port on one switch to a numbered port on the other switch.
2. Configure both switches with IP addresses in the same subnet and enable Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) to allow the switches to discover each other.
3. Create a trunk link between the two switches using IEEE 802.1Q tagging.
4. Configure IP routing to enable communication from one switch to another via the trunk link.
5. Configure any additional features such as VLANs or Layer 3 switching.