Connect two paths

Hello, I am new to illustrator, manly using flash for drawing. but now i have to use illustrator and can't find a way to join to diferent path to one, for example straight line with circle (like in image below), to do it in flash very easy and you have to diferent areas to fill
sorry for my grammar

A few other ways of connecting (in different senses of the word) the paths (the straight line being under a certain strain it seems) could be to start with a longer open path (on top) so it extends past the circle, and with it (only the open path) still selected:
1) Object>Path>Divide Objects Below, to get two closed paths (to fill separately),
2) With the help of the Smart Guides and with the Scissors Tool cut the path accurately where the Smart Guides say intersect (just to make the path in an easy way).

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Problem connecting two seperate straight line paths. Please help!

Hi there, I'm new to illustrator and have been having a problem connecting two straight line paths. They never seem to line up correctly. Attached is a photo of the problem. I assume this is an easy fix but I can't figure it out myself.

Brigid,
There seems to be two aspects:
One is to get the end points to coincide. You may tick View>Snap Guides, then click one path by the end Anchor Point and drag it to snap (Smart Guides say anchor when you are there).
The other is to get rid of the gap in the stroke(s), You may join the paths into one, dragging across the coinciding Anchor Points with the Direct Selection Tool and Ctrl/Cmd+J, or you may keep the separate paths and change the Cap to Round in the Stroke palette/panel which will give you a rounded outer appearance); I presume the former is what you wish, in which case you may choose between Round and Miter Join.

The selected objects cannot be joined as they are invalid objects,( Compound paths, closed paths, Text Objects, Graphs, Live Paint group). You can use Join command to connect two or more paths, paths in groups; ot to close an open path.

Hi I was trying to join two Ractangle Tool objects but getting this type of Error in illustrator cs6 :-
The selected objects cannot be joined as they are invalid objects,( Compound paths, closed paths, Text Objects, Graphs, Live Paint group).
You can use Join command to connect two or more paths, paths in groups; ot to close an open path.
Please assist me asap.

Yes, I know this is an old post, but I’m trying to clean them up. Did you solve this problem, if so what was the solution?
This sound like a firewall issue. I would start by disabling the firewall and seeing if you can connect. If this works then you know where the problem is,
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Joining two paths: fill problems

Hello,
I am having the following problem: I have a path entailing a simple closed curve
but when I try to fill the color won't extend to the whole area. To reproduce the
problem:
1. With the Ellipse Tool draw a circle.
2. In the Paths panel click Add Points twice to add points to the circle.
3. In the Paths panel click Knife On Points to yield individual segments.
4. Here we create two paths by leaving out two nonadjacent segments.
4a. Shift click four segments and then in the Path Panel click Join Paths to piece them together.
4b. Shift click four other segments and then in the Path Panel tool click Join Paths to piece them together.
4c. Delete the nonadjacent segments from the paths list under the given layer.
5. Ctrl-Shift click two of the endpoints in one of the two segments and click Join Points in the Paths panel.
6.Try to fill the area. The fill color won't extend.
What am I doing wrong? Or is this a bug? How do I work around this problem?
Thanks,
John Goche
Fireworks CS4 on Windows 7.

Hi John,
Thank you for your replies, I found them helpful, although I still think
the options 1 and 2 come down to a bit of buggy code which hopefully
will be fixed in the following releases unless someone can explain why
it behaves that way, perhaps I am missing something about paths and fills.
I wouldn't say there's anything buggy going on, but the way you are building a vector object is definitely not typical and reveals some awkward/confusing behavior. The important thing to understand is that:
1. A fill is rendered from a contour, which is a series of connected points
2. A standard "Path" has a single contour, for example an ellipse
3. A "Compound Path" has multiple contours, and it renders each contour like a filled path, and adds/subtracts from the final result based on overlapping areas per a vector "fill rule" (which can be toggled in the Path panel) -- this is just like Illustrator and other vector environments
4. Join Paths' behavior when points are not selected is to create a compound path from multiple existing paths -- ie if you have two paths, both with 1 contour, then you end up with a compound path with 2 contours -- NOT a path with a single merged/stitched together contour. (Conversely, Split Paths will separate each contour of a compound path into its own path.)
5. Like Anita said, Union Paths will actually merge paths, though it's not so much looking at points and merging points as it's looking at fills and merging overlapping areas, creating/deleting points as needed
So basically, you have to remember that if you want a continuous fill from multiple paths you are about to join, you have to make sure the points are actually connected in your final result. It's not enough to simply have 2 points that are close or even directly on each other then perform "Join Paths". Fortunately there are lots of ways to merge points to create a continous contour:
1. Select 2 endpoints with the Subselect tool and this will tell Join Paths to merge them if they are on top of each other, or connect them -- in both cases you end up with a continous contour which will be filled
2. Select an endpoint and drag it over another endpoint and release -- FW will snap them together and merge them
3. Select 2 endpoints or multiple adjacent points and use Weld Points in the Path panel
Applying all that to the situation of creating a symmetrical vector (which I do a fair amount myself), you could:
1. Draw your first half
2. Duplicate or clone and mirror
3. Position the mirrored clone where you want it
4. Select the endpoints you want connected and use Weld Points or Join Points
You'll end up with a fully filled shape.
That turned out pretty long-winded but hopefully it clears some things up!
Cheers.
Aaron Beall
http://fireworks.abeall.com

Networking Best Practices - Connecting Two Switches

Connecting two switches together is an easy task, which makes it so frustrating when it doesn’t work. Here we will outline a basic scenario of connecting two switches and achieving connectivity. In these scenarios we will be using commands and settings that will work for most modern PowerConnect switches. However this does not cover all possible scenarios and the commands may differ slightly from switch to switch.
For instance, in most cases you can use General or Trunk mode when connecting two switches. However, on the PowerConnect 62xx series switches, you must use General mode if you want to allow management traffic onto the switch over the PVID. If you use Trunk mode, you will not have the default VLAN on those ports. The ports will only allow tagged traffic.
For more details on the difference between Access, General, and Trunk modes, follow this link.
http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/network-switches/f/866/p/19445142/20089157.aspx#20089157
It is always a good idea to have the user and CLI guide for your switch, to reference any possible changes in command syntax.
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/network/
Layer 2
Layer 2 switches operate at the data link layer of the OSI model. Layer 2 is responsible for error checking and transmitting data across the physical media. MAC addressing sources and destination protocols are layer 2 protocols. Layer 2 switches use the MAC address of data packets to determine where those packets should go. It learns the MAC addresses of all devices and creates a segment/forwarding table.
When a switch receives a frame with a destination address that isn't in its forwarding table, the switch forwards the frame to all other ports. If the destination machine responds to the server, the switch will listen to the reply and learn which port the destination machine is attached to. It then adds that MAC address to the forwarding table.
The Dell PowerConnect Layer 2 switches have ports that all operate in VLAN 1 by default. If it is acceptable to have all traffic on the same broadcast domain, then you can simply leave the default alone, connect the two switches and traffic will flow.
If you do not want all traffic on the same broadcast domain, then we need to look at adding additional broadcast domains through the use of VLANs.
We will use 3 VLANs for the following scenario.
VLAN 1=Management
VLAN 2=Client
VLAN 3=Server
To create these VLANs we do the following commands (VLAN 1 is already created by default)
console(config)# vlan database
console(config-vlan)# VLAN 2
console(config-vlan)# VLAN 3
console(config-vlan)# exit
We can then name the VLANs to help keep things organized.
console(config)# interface vlan 2
console(config-vlan)# name Client
console(config-vlan)# exit
console(config)# interface vlan 3
console(config-vlan)# name Server
console(config-vlan)# exit
Once we have the VLANs created we can place a device in that VLAN by placing the port it plugs into, in access mode for the specific VLAN.
So we have a workstation on port e2 we want to be placed in VLAN 2, we would issue the following commands.
console(config)# interface ethernet 1/e2
console(config-if)# switchport mode access
console(config-if)# switchport access vlan 2
console(config-if)# exit
The next port plugs into a server on port e3 we want on VLAN 3, we would issue these commands.
console(config)# interface ethernet 1/e3
console(config-if)# switchport mode access
console(config-if)# switchport access vlan 3
console(config-if)# exit
For the ports connecting the two switches together, we place the ports in trunk mode and specify the native VLAN and allowed VLANs.
For the port e1 that connect the two switches to each other would be configured like this.
console(config)# interface ethernet 1/e1
console(config-if)# switchport mode general
console(config-if)# switchport general allowed vlan add 2,3 tagged
console(config-if)# switchport general pvid 1
console(config-if)# exit
Once these VLANs and port settings are made on both switches. A server connected to switch A on VLAN 3 should be able to communicate with another Server connected to switch B that is also in VLAN 3. Without the use of a router the devices in VLAN 3 will not be able to communicate with devices that are outside of their broadcast domain (i.e. VLAN 2 devices could not reach VLAN 3 devices)
Layer 3 + Layer 2
Until recently, routers were the only devices capable of layer 3 protocols. Switches capable of routing are now available and in widespread use. In most cases we will connect our layer 2 switches to a Layer 3 capable switch to perform our routing for us.
On the layer 3 switches we will use the same VLANs and setup that we did with the layer 2 switches. Then we will add to the configuration.
We can assign an IP address to each switch with the following command.
Switch A
console(config)#ip address 172.16.1.1 255.255.255.0
Switch B
console(config)#ip address 172.16.2.1 255.255.255.0
Then we will enable routing only on Switch A
console(config)# ip routing
Switch A we assign an IP address to VLAN 2 and enabling routing on the VLAN.
console(config)# interface vlan 2
console(config-if-vlan2)# Routing
console(config-if-vlan2)# ip address 172.16.20.1 255.255.255.0
console(config-if-vlan2)# exit
Switch A we assign an IP address to VLAN 3 and enabling routing on the VLAN.
console(config)# interface vlan 3
console(config-if-vlan2)# Routing
console(config-if-vlan2)# ip address 172.16.30.1 255.255.255.0
console(config-if-vlan2)# exit
On both switch A and switch B we will keep things simple and use interface 1/e1 for the connection between each switch. Setting both switches 1/e1 to general mode, allowing the additional VLAN 2,3, and keeping the PVID of 1.
console(config)# interface ethernet 1/e1
console(config-if)# switchport mode general
console(config-if)# switchport general allowed vlan add 2,3 tagged
console(config-if)# switchport general pvid 1
console(config-if)# exit
We will have one client computer connect to switch A on port 1/e2 and one client connect to switch B on port 1/e2. These ports will be in access mode for VLAN 2, and the config should look like this on both switches.
console(config)# interface ethernet 1/e2
console(config-if)# switchport mode access
console(config-if)# switchport access vlan 2
console(config-if)# exit
We will have another client computer connect to switch A on port 1/e3 and one client connect to switch B on port 1/e3. These ports will be in access mode for VLAN 3, and the config should look like this on both switches.
console(config)# interface ethernet 1/e3
console(config-if)# switchport mode access
console(config-if)# switchport access vlan 3
console(config-if)# exit
On Clients connected to Switch A we will assign an IP address and gateway based on the VLAN they are in access mode for.
Client connected to access port for VLAN 2.
IP Address:172.16.20.11
Default Gateway:172.16.20.1
Client connected to access port for VLAN 3.
IP Address:172.16.30.11
Default Gateway:172.16.30.1
On Clients connected to Switch B we will assign an IP address and gateway based on the VLAN they are in access mode for.
Client connected to access port for VLAN 2.
IP Address:172.16.20.12
Default Gateway:172.16.20.1
Client connected to access port for VLAN 3.
IP Address:172.16.30.12
Default Gateway:172.16.30.1
External Connection
At some point we may want traffic to have an external connection. To do this we can create a new VLAN for our point to point connection from Switch A to our router. We will use VLAN 7 for this and assign an IP address.
console(config)# vlan database
console(config-vlan)# VLAN 7
console(config-vlan)# exit
console(config)# interface vlan 7
console(config-vlan)# name WAN
console(config-if-vlan2)# Routing
console(config-if-vlan2)# ip address 10.10.10.2 255.255.255.0
console(config-if-vlan2)# exit
On our router we will assign an IP address of 10.10.10.1
Then place the port connecting the switch and router into access mode for VLAN 7. In this case we use port e4.
console(config)# interface ethernet 1/e4
console(config-if)# switchport mode access
console(config-if)# switchport access vlan 7
console(config-if)# exit
We will then need to put in a default route with the next hop as the router IP address. This allows the switch to know where to route traffic not destined for VLANs 2, 3, or 7.
console(config)#ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 10.10.10.1
Next on the router we’ll need to add a route back so the router knows about the networks attached to switch A. Generally adding a static route on most routers is done with the following command:
ip route {Network} {Wildcard Mask} {Next Hop-IP}
In our case here are the 2 static routes we could use.
Ip route 172.16.20.0 0.0.0.255 10.10.10.2
Ip route 172.16.30.0 0.0.0.255 10.10.10.2
The routing that we enabled on Switch A will enable traffic from the other VLANs to traverse over port 1/e4 to the router, connecting us to external traffic. The routes we added to the router allow the traffic to flow back to the switch over port 1/e4.
Layer 3 + Layer 3
In some situations we have two switches, each setup to route for its own broadcast domain, which we want to connect together. In this situation we no longer have a need to use Trunk or General mode between the switches. Instead we can create a common VLAN that will be used for the connection between the two switches.
To create this VLAN we will run the following commands on both switch A and B
console(config)# vlan database
console(config-vlan)# vlan 6
console(config-vlan)# exit
console(config)# interface vlan 6
console(config-vlan)# name Connection
console(config-vlan)# exit
On switch A we assign an IP address to VLAN 6 and enable routing on the VLAN.
console(config)# interface vlan 6
console(config-if-vlan2)# Routing
console(config-if-vlan2)# ip address 172.16.60.1 255.255.255.0
console(config-if-vlan2)# exit
On switch B we assign an IP address to VLAN 6 and enable routing on the VLAN.
console(config)# interface vlan 6
console(config-if-vlan2)# Routing
console(config-if-vlan2)# ip address 172.16.60.2 255.255.255.0
console(config-if-vlan2)# exit
On both switch A and B we place the connecting ports into Access mode for VLAN 6.
console(config)# interface ethernet 1/e1
console(config-if)# switchport mode access
console(config-if)# switchport access vlan 6
console(config-if)# exit
We then need to make some changes to switch B now that it is layer 3 and not layer 2 and has its own broadcast domain.
We will enable routing on Switch B
console(config)# ip routing
What used to be VLAN 2 and 3 will now be VLAN 4 and 5 for our separate broadcast domains.
Switch B we assign an IP address to VLAN 4 and enabling routing on the VLAN.
console(config)# interface vlan 4
console(config-if-vlan2)# Routing
console(config-if-vlan2)# ip address 172.16.40.1 255.255.255.0
console(config-if-vlan2)# exit
Switch B we assign an IP address to VLAN 5 and enabling routing on the VLAN.
console(config)# interface vlan 5
console(config-if-vlan2)# Routing
console(config-if-vlan2)# ip address 172.16.50.1 255.255.255.0
console(config-if-vlan2)# exit
On Clients connected to Switch B we will assign an IP address and gateway based on the VLAN they are in access mode for.
Client connected to access port for VLAN 4.
IP Address:172.16.40.11
Default Gateway:172.16.40.1
Client connected to access port for VLAN 5.
IP Address:172.16.50.11
Default Gateway:172.16.50.1
The end result should look like this.
Troubleshooting
If we are having issues with connectivity, we may need to place some static routes in place to help traffic to the next hop in the network.
On switch A we configure a static route to help traffic to the next hop in the network, which is the router.
console(config)# ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 10.10.10.1
The external router will also need a path defined back to all networks/VLANs.
To check the status of a port we can use the command. Show interfaces detail, this will help us see the port status. For example to check the status of port 48, we would run this command.
console# show interfaces detail ethernet 1/g48
To check routing paths:
console# show ip route
The IP address of the network for each VLAN should be listed as C – Connected. Then also a path or default route to your upstream router.
We can use basic ping commands from a client to help test where connectivity is dropping off at. By doing this we can narrow down where in the network to start troubleshooting.
-Ping from client to default gateway, being the VLAN the client is in access mode for. If this fails then we may need to double check our client settings making sure the proper IP and gateway are being used.
-Ping from client to the ip address of the switch the client plugs into. If this fails we may not have VLAN routing enabled on the VLAN the client is in.
-Ping from client to another client on same VLAN, same switch. If this fails we need to check on client settings, IP address and gateway.
-ping from client to another client on different VLAN, same switch. If this fails we need to double check the VLAN routing commands are in place.
-ping from client to the ip address of the next switch in the network. If this fails then check Trunk port configuration from switch to switch, ensuring the VLAN is added to the Trunk port.
-ping from client to another client on same VLAN, different switch. If this fails, check Trunk port settings.
-ping from client to another client on different VLAN, different switch. If this fails then check trunk settings and VLAN routing configuration.

Derek,
I tried to draw my prefered setup for this network configuration.
I would create a Team with the two 1 GBit NICs and use it for Domain, DNS, Backup and any SystemCenter Agents.
I would also Team the two 10 GBit NICs and than assign it to a Hyper-V Switch for the VMs. In Windows Server 2012 it is posible to create vNICs for the Management OS that use this Hyper-V Switch (Converged Network Design). I would create two vNICs SMB1
and SMB2 to use them for Cluster and Livemigration traffic with SMB Multichannel. If your storage system supports SMB Multichannel you can also use both as storage NICs (but this depends wich vendor you have).
Hope this helps.
Grüße/Regards Carsten Rachfahl | MVP Virtual Machine | MCT | MCITP | MCSA | CCA | Husband and Papa |
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Hello,
I connect two datacenters with 10GB modules. I'm using single mode fiber, it has 10Km between datacenters. Now I need connect the storage network in both datacenters using the same fiber. The storage networks use FCoE.
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Storage Network 1---------Network 1-------Fiber---------Network 2------Storage Network 2
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There seems to be two aspects:
One is to get the end points to coincide. You may tick View>Snap Guides, then click one path by the end Anchor Point and drag it to snap (Smart Guides say anchor when you are there).
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Make sure that your search path is set correctly on the name server and make
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-----Original Message-----
From: Sanjeev J Arab [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 12:57 PM
To: forte, forte_users
Subject: (forte-users) Connecting Two engines.
Hi Folks,
We connected two engines, which are running in two separate environments
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and environment mgr) the conductor engine in the backup environment does
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I would appreciate you help.
We are running Forte 3.0.M.2 and Conductor 1.0.M.2. on Windows NT.
Sanjeev Arab
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the login: forte and the password: archive. To unsubscribe, send in a new
email the word: 'Unsubscribe' to: [email protected]

Sanjeev,
You can install as many environments with different
Forte versions or the same Forte versions as you like
as long as each environment has a unique port number.
Samer
--- Sanjeev J Arab <arabsdteenergy.com> wrote:
Hi Folks,
Situation is like this,
Two seperate applications running on same server
and Forte' and
Conductor of same
revision (Forte 3.0.J.1 and Conductor 1.0.J.1) or
both of same J
revision.
One of the application needs to be migrated to
different revision of
Conductor as a work around for the bug in Conductor.
Can we have environments running different
revisions, for eg, one
environment has revision J of Forte and Conductor,
and other environment
running revision M of Forte and Conductor.
I will appreciate all the help I can get. Thank You
Sanjeev Arab
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Hi There,
I have recently Started Developing a BI Dashboard for my Company. One of the challenge i am facing is while to two connect two City in PowerView. For example, i have a City A, City B and City C. City A is connected to City B and City C is connected to City
B.
Now i need to create a Link/ Path or Line between City A and B and City B and C. Those Path will be associated with other Data. Example: What will effect if my Link A-B goes down?
I can easily do it in Tableau but seems like no work around in Powerview. If there isn't any then i think you should incorporate this must have feature immediately in your next version.
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Sami
http://kb.tableausoftware.com/articles/knowledgebase/using-path-shelf-pattern-analysis
Sami

Hi Samihuq,
I've taken a quick look at the link and indeed this is something that Power View can't do yet. Perhaps you could create a Microsoft Connect suggestion for this feature: https://connect.microsoft.com/
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