Router on a Stick with Cisco/Linksys SRW2024 Switch

Does anybody have experience with configuring a router on a stick type configuration with a non-Catalyst switch? I have a SRW2024 switch and a 2611 router. I would like to configure the switch with a trunk port and use dot1q encapsulation on subinterfaces on the router to route between the subnets. Configuring the router is simple, but the switch is very confusing and I just can't seem to get it to work. Any ideas? Is this even doable with this combonation of hardware?
Thanks in advance.
-Dan

The "Encapsulation dot1q 1 native" command is not a valid command on my router. Specifically, the native command is not an option. Perhaps that isn't in my IOS version?
IOS (tm) C2600 Software (C2600-JS56I-M), Version 12.0(7)T, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2)
IOS image: c2600-js56i-mz.120-7.T
However I did a whole lot of messing around with it today and I think I finally got it. The trouble is, IMHO, the switch menus are too messy and hard to understand. It seems to allow me to do impossible things which adds to the confusion.
Here's what worked for me:
My router config was correct to begin with.
Router-A (Cisco 2611):
interface Ethernet0/0
ip address 192.168.1.10 255.255.255.0
interface Ethernet0/0.2
encapsulation dot1Q 2
ip address 10.0.0.1 255.0.0.0
Switch (Linksys SRW20204):
Menu: Switch > VLAN Interface Settings
Select the port number of the port to be the trunk.
Set Port VLAN Mode to Trunk. Submit.
Menu: Switch > VLAN
Create a second VLAN with the ID of 2.
Add the ports to be "Included" on this VLAN.
Leave the workstation ports "Untagged".
(This is where I was screwing up)...
"Include" the Trunk port AND select "Tagged".
So basically, I was tagging the workstation ports and not the trunk port. But the correct way is the Trunk port must be Included on all VLANs and have Tagging turned on for all VLANs. All the workstation ports should be included on whatever VLAN they should be on but NOT Tagged. It makes sense now because a workstation would have no idea what to do with a tagged frame.
Why I can enable tagging on non-trunk ports is a mystery. They really should explain that better in the manual. Perhaps add some examples. I find the manual for this switch to be extremely vague overall.
Thakns for the help guys!
-Dan

Similar Messages

  • Airport with Cisco / Linksys E4200 Router

    Hi, I have not been able to find a straight forward answer so i'm posting this.
    I'm looking to switch my Linksys router over to N wireless, vs N and G or Just G- Not sure what it is now. I don't have great connection on my 2nd floor, with my Linksys router on the first floor. I want to use this as a bridge (instead of the RE1000), because i want the 5ghz, and AirPlay.
    Can i use this as a plug and play bridge? I just want it to extend the signal, and be able to use airplay. No new network.
    Some info i thought i would add:
    ISP Cat 5 or 6? to Modem to Router (E4200)
    Ping at 64 bytes
    WPA2/WPA Mixed Mode Security
    Thanks in advance.

    No you will not be able to use an AirPort to extend the wireless range of the Cisco/Linksys router if they will be interconnected by wireless. However, if they can be interconnected by wire, you could configure them for a roaming network.

  • Configuring Radius server with Cisco MDS - 9606 switch

    Need help in configuring Radius server with cisco MDS - 9606
    please let me know if any document available

    rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.260/0.327/0.468/0.077 ms
    IFCBCCEMCSW2# sh version
    Cisco Storage Area Networking Operating System (SAN-OS) Software
    TAC support: http://www.cisco.com/tac
    Copyright (c) 2002-2008, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
    The copyrights to certain works contained herein are owned by
    other third parties and are used and distributed under license.
    Some parts of this software may be covered under the GNU Public
    License or the GNU Lesser General Public License. A copy of
    each such license is available at
    http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html and
    http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html
    Software
    BIOS: version 1.1.0
    loader: version 1.2(2)
    kickstart: version 3.3(1c)
    system: version 3.3(1c)
    BIOS compile time: 10/24/03
    kickstart image file is: bootflash:/m9500-sf1ek9-kickstart-mz.3.3.1c.bin
    kickstart compile time: 5/23/2008 19:00:00 [06/19/2008 23:56:56]
    system image file is: bootflash:/m9500-sf1ek9-mz.3.3.1c.bin
    system compile time: 5/23/2008 19:00:00 [06/20/2008 00:26:51]
    Hardware
    cisco MDS 9506 ("Supervisor/Fabric-1")
    Intel(R) Pentium(R) III CPU with 1028596 kB of memory.
    Processor Board ID JAB094300ER
    bootflash: 250368 kB
    slot0: 0 kB

  • Cisco/Linksys SLM224G SWITCH: Problem with VLANs

    Hi!
    I'm trying to set up VLANs in my racks. I have some knowledge about VLANs, but I still can't set it up in my way.
    My situation:
    I have PC which contains two virtual machines, which has to works as a routers between three networks: LAN1, LAN2, WAN. It's a bit complicated, but I'll try to draw it:
                                                     |-------------|
    |----------------------------|                   |           e1|-to-eth1-VM2-----WAN
    |VirtualMachine 1        eth0|---trunk-VLAN1&2---|g1         e2|-to-eth0-VM2-----LAN2
    |eth0=VLAN1 eth1=VLAN2       |                   |           e3|-to-eth0-VM2-----LAN2 etc.
    |                         PC |                   |   SWITCH  e4|
    |VirtualMachine 2            |                   |           e5|-to-eth1-VM1---wire-to-LAN2
    |eth0=VLAN3 eth1=VLAN4   eth1|---trunk-VLAN3&4---|g2         e6|-to-eth0-VM1-----LAN1
    |----------------------------|                   |           e7|-to-eth0-VM1-----LAN1 etc.
                                                     |-------------|
    gX = Gigabit ports
    eX = 100Mbit ports
    VMX = Virtual machine number
    wire-to = patch-cord connection between ports on the switch
    Schema of routing and logical visibility:
    LAN1---VM1-----VM2---WAN
                  |
    LAN2----------|
    Important note is that LAN1 and LAN2 has to be separated (visible only through routers). WAN has to be visible only through VM2 for LAN2 and through by VM1 and VM2 for LAN1. It looks easy, but VLANs which I done on that switch seems to doesn't works.
    I'm doing this like that:
    Step1: VLAN Management / Create VLAN...
    Creating VLANs from 1, 2, 3, 4 (numbers doesn't meters right now - I now that number 1 is restricted at the switch).
    Step2: VLAN Management / Port to VLAN...
    Setting up VLAN1 with ports g1, e5 (both tagged or untagged? - I haven't seen difference)
    Setting up VLAN2 with ports g1, e6, e7, etc...
    Setting up VLAN3 with ports g2, e2, e3, etc...
    Setting up VLAN4 with ports g2, e1
    Step3: VLAN Management / Port Setting...
    Setting up port e1 to PVID4 (frame type=all I suppose, but what with "ingress filtering"?)
    Setting up port e2 to PVID3
    Setting up port e3 to PVID3
    etc...
    Setting up port e5 to PVID1
    Setting up port e6 to PVID2
    Setting up port e7 to PVID2
    etc...
    So, on that configuration and on that switch it doesn't work for me
    I know that switch is seeing MACs from VLANs which are done by PC's, because when I get in "Admin / Dynamic Address" I can see MACs on correct ports and with correct VLAN ID. So the problem is to forward VLANs on their ports, next clear frames from IDs and let packets go (and back: take clear packets, add VLAN ID and send to gigabits ports).
    Showed configuration is the one of many that I tried :/ but I think this one is the best one.
    Or maybe I don't know VLANs as I think and that schema is impossible? Please tell me if I' doing sth wrong.
    Regards
    and waiting for any suggestions,
    Lucas

    You need to make sure that your VirtualMachine can send tagged frames if the VMs share physical ethernet ports on the host.
    I count 4 different LAN segments but you have only 2 physical ports on your PC (router).
    And VM2 requires 3 physical connections according to the list below.
    Depending on the virtualisation software you can maybe create the connection PVM1 to VM2 internally inside the PC (logical connection)
    Are these the connections you require ?
    VM1 --- LAN1
    VM1 --- VM2
    VM2 --- WAN
    LAN2 --- VM2
    Is this correct ? Will your PC, Virtualisation Software/Hypervisor tag frames with VLAn tags ?
    If this is true I can help you configure the switch.
    Jo

  • FCoE with Cisco Nexus 5548 switches and VMware ESXi 4.1

    Can someone share with me what needs to be setup on the Cisco Nexus side to work with VMware in the following scenario?
    Two servers with two cards dual port FCoE cards with two ports connected to two Nexus 5548 switches that are clusterd together.  We want to team the ports together on the VMware side using IP Hash so what should be done on the cisco side for this to work? 
    Thanks...

    Andres,
    The Cisco Road Map for the 5010 and 5020 doesn't include extending the current total (12) FEX capabities.  The 5548 and 5596 will support more (16) per 55xxk, and with the 7K will support upto 32 FEX's.
    Documentation has been spotty on this subject, because the term 5k indicates that all 5000 series switches will support extended FEX's which is not the case only the 55xx will support more than 12 FEX.  Maybe in the future the terminology for the 5k series should be term 5000 series and 5500 series Nexus, there are several differences and advancements between the two series.

  • IPV6 with Cisco layer 2 switches.

    I know IPV6 affects only layer 3 switches, but I heard that it also could affect layer 2 switches with VLANs. Is this true? I have Cisco 3500 / 2900 layer 2 switches. Please advise. Thanks

    Thanks again but I have this layer 3 switch (4948) and it appears to have all the commands to configure ipv6 tunnel.
    If it does not support tunnel, what does Cisco 4948 layer 3 switch provide under IPv6?
    This is a link which shows tunneling under a 6500 switches with encapsulation/decapsulation. This is why I thought I could do the same with 4948 switch but apparently not...
    http://www.cenic.org/events/archives/cenic2004/csmith.pdf
    -Al-

  • Achieving Redundancy with Cisco Routers and Switches

    I have two 2600 routers connected to two different ISP and in turn these are connected back to our head office to a 3560 series switch.Iam trying to set up the different connections such that if one ISP connection fails the other one takes over immeadiately.I know i could use HSRP for redundancy but the problem iam facing is the two routers are in different subnets, so it may not be possible to use HSRP in this case.I could be wrong but any help will be appreciated.

    Hi,
    some questions to ask you
    1- 3550 is working as L3 or L2
    if L3 than you can use static route pointing to two different router.if L2 than use secondary address in ethernet infaces of router and run HSRP but for this you need to match vlan.
    2- if intervlan is configured on router's than it will be very easy.
    HTH if not write here

  • STP LED status with Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3130

    Hi,
    The usual status LED of a STP Blocked interface is orange. With this Switch (3130), the LED is green while the RSTP status port is Alternate Blocked. Is this normal ? Is there any documentation about RSTP LED status ?

    G'day,
    I think you have the wrong forum! :)
    cheers

  • Linksys SGE2010 Switch

    I'm having a problem with this Linksys SGE2010 Switch.
    The front panel LEDs PWR, FAN, RPS and MST are not turning on, like you can see in the picture that i’m sending in attach.
    Has anyone had this problem too?
    Can anyone please advise me what to do to fix this?

    Either the LED lights are busted or the ports of this switch are having problems. Try resetting the switch and see if that will revive the lights. I suggest try contacting Cisco tech support and ask if there is a reviving tool for the said switch or seek if the switch is already manifesting that it is defective.

  • Need help configuring Cisco/Linksys wireless router to extend wi-fi signal to living room

    My U-verse wireless gateway is in the back of our house. We live in an old 1920's home with solid wood walls. For our macbooks, we get a pretty decent signal, but my wife's iPad 2 get's poor wi-fi speeds. I bought a Cisco/Linksys WRT160N wireless N broadband router. I have a wired connection in my living room (going to a 4 port switch) then connected to my DVR. I tried hooking up the new router but ended up getting no signal on the iPad. In fact, it caused other issues. I ended up disconnecting it and re-booting my gateway. All came back fine. This wireless router replaces a similar unit that went out in after a power failure, so I know this can be done, but I forget exactly how I confiured the old one. I would like it to "extend" my signal to the living room, but I am also willing to create a new network (different SSID). Do I need to turn of DHCP? Are there any web sites that can assist me in configuring the router? I wish I didn't have to deal with this. The signal from the RG is great when you are in the back room (20+ down). But my wife gets about 3 down on her iPad in the living room. Thanks in advance.

    Hi ,
    I was doing some research on how this can be done. It does not appear there is an option in the Cisco router to set it up as an access point, but there are several options you can do to extend your network. 
    The first thing you can do is just set it up as a router behind router setup, and you will just have two separate networks. Make sure the DHCP pool does not conflict with the U-verse's gateway of 192.168.1.x. 
    The second thing you can do is connect the Ethernet cable to one of the LAN ports on your Cisco router instead of using the internet port. This should make it work like a smart switch. 
    With both setups, you want to probably change the SSID, network key, and wireless security settings to the same thing for wireless roaming abilities. That way, anyone that configures their wireless connection will be connected to both networks. Just make sure the wireless channels are not the same, and I would suggest having them at least 5 apart.
    Hope this helps.
    -ATTU-verseCare

  • HP Officejet Pro 8500a prints slowly over wireless on Cisco Linksys Smart Wi-Fi Router EA6500

    I have the HP Officejet Pro 8500a. I recenrly change my wiress router to the Cisco Linksys Smart Wi-Fi Router EA6500.
    Nearly every time I print, the documement remains "pending" for at least several minutes, sometimes as long as 20, until it finally starts printing. Once it starts printing, the document is printed quickly.
    It doesn't matter the size of the document and the time it remains "pending." I've done test pages with just the word "test" in a Microsoft Word document, and it will remain in "pending" for well over five minutes.
    If I print over the USB cord, there are no delays.
    I need help. I can't figure out how to remedy this long delay when printing wirelessly.
    On a side note in case this is helpful, the Linksys router does have a priority setting where you can select up to three devices for priority access (faster connection?), which seems to be more for bandwidth-intensive devices. I tried adding both the laptop I'm printing from and the printer to this priority list, but that did not improve the print connection speed.
    Advice please! Thank you.

    Hi Jim-Gr,
    I understand you have an Officejet 8500A that has started printing very slowly after switching routers. I'm sorry to hear this has happened but will certainly do my best to assist you.
    I appreciate you advising that you have tried connecting the printer via USB and it does make a huge difference. I'm also assuming your previous router didn't go this slowly either. With the things you have tried, my assumption is that it's a setting in the router that needs to be changed. If you're not sure how to change things in your router you can generally call the router company and they will walk you through it.
    First you will want to ask them if there are any firmware updates for your router, if there are have them perform the update. If it is up to date already then have them make sure your router is broadcasting at a frequency of 2.4 GHz as that's the only frequency the printer works with.
    Second, you will want to make sure the following ports are open:
    UDP: 427, 161, 137, 138
    TCP: 9100, 9220, 9500, 137, 139, 427
    Once all of this is updated, then I would suggest you power cycle everything (turn off the printer and the PC, pull the power on the router for 30 seconds and then turn the other two back on once lights are back to normal) and try again. This should allow your printing speed to go back to normal
    Hope this helps, have a great day!
    Please click “Accept as Solution ” if you feel my post resolved your issue, as it will help others find the solution faster
    Click the “Kudos Thumbs Up" on the right to say “Thanks” for helping!
    **MissTeriLynn**
    I work on behalf of HP

  • Cisco-Linksys Router and no PPPOA Option for Conne...

    Hi all! 
    New here and just hoping to get some here!
    We are using a BT Business hub Router and it is having a few issues with wireless connectivity, so I would like to use another router to see if it is our equipment or if it is the router itself.
    I have a Cisco Linksys E1000 Router and after looking at the BT router I can see that the connection type is set to PPPOA with a username and password. I do know the username and password so that isnt an issue, however on the Cisco router there is no option for PPPOA, the only options are:
    Static IP, DHCP, PPPoE, PPTP, L2TP, and BigPond
    There is a connection in the back of the cisco router for the ADSL cable, I was just wondering if there is a way to work around this?
    Thanks very much!!

    I am sure you will get help there when someone has time.
    You can always find the latest postings on the Business Forum using this link.
    http://business.forums.bt.com/t5/forums/recentpostspage/post-type/message
    There are some useful help pages here, for BT Broadband customers only, on my personal website.
    BT Broadband customers - help with broadband, WiFi, networking, e-mail and phones.

  • Hooking up AE through ethernet to cisco/linksys router

    Apologies if this is a repeat, tried searching.
    I used to connect my AE to a Belkin router using a "uplink" button on the back of the router. Everything worked till the Belkin fried one hot day.
    Got a new router - Cisco/Linksys "Etherfast" Cable/DSL router (non wireless) that does not have an "uplink" button like the Belkin did. Thought AE would be smart enough to adapt. Not so apparently.
    Simply plugged the AE into the new router just like the old one. I can connect to the routers setup screen wirelessly through the AE but cannot access the internet, which is connected to the router through my cable modem.
    If I plug the AE directly into the cable modem I do get the internet.
    Tried setting the AE to "bridge" mode with no luck. But not sure if I need to configure the DNS settings. Not sure how to do that.
    I've done hard/soft resets.
    Do I need a crossover cable? Apple says the AE does not require a crossover.
    thanks for any helpful info!

    Got a new router - Cisco/Linksys "Etherfast" Cable/DSL router (non wireless) that does not have an "uplink" button like the Belkin did. Thought AE would be smart enough to adapt. Not so apparently.
    It is always a good idea to perform a complete power recycle of your networking equipment when changing components.
    Please try the following:
    o Power-down the Cisco, AirPort Express Base Station (AX), and computer(s); wait at least 10-15 minutes. Note: Power-down order is not critical.
    o Power-up the Cisco; wait at least 10-15 minutes.
    o Plug-in the AX; wait at least 5-10 minutes.
    o Power-up the computer(s).
    Simply plugged the AE into the new router just like the old one. I can connect to the routers setup screen wirelessly through the AE but cannot access the internet, which is connected to the router through my cable modem.
    By this statement, if you mean a wireless client connected to the AX, can access the Cisco's web-based administration pages, then the AX is (at least) getting the proper Private IP address from the Cisco gateway ... and, if this same wireless client cannot access the Internet, it is usually indicative that it is not getting all the proper IP address information from the Cisco ... specifically the DNS IP address information.
    Hopefully, the power recycle will fix this.
    Tried setting the AE to "bridge" mode with no luck. But not sure if I need to configure the DNS settings. Not sure how to do that.
    Bridge mode would be the correct setting for a router that is downstream of another. In this mode, the AX will allow the Cisco to provide both the NAT & DHCP services for the entire network ... either wired clients connected to the Cisco or wireless clients connected to the AX.
    Do I need a crossover cable? Apple says the AE does not require a crossover.
    No, as both routers are capable of working with either crossover or straight-through type cabling.

  • Cisco/Linksys Router Vulnerabilities

    Hello,
    I have an e3000 wireless router.. I am unable to disable wps on it.
    The WPS vulnerability was exposed in December 2011, along with the reaver tool to exploit it.
    https://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/wifi-protected-setup-flaw-can-lead-compromise-router-pins-122711
    Why is it that nearly a year later, that there hasn't been a firmware update allowing users to disable wps on their Cisco/Linksys routers?
    Some have patches available, but judging by: http://www6.nohold.net/Cisco2/ukp.aspx?vw=1&docid=3bccc46248f9417b909e2c1028f6778e_WPS.xml&pid=80&respid=0&snid=1&dispid=0&cpage=search
    The majority do not.
    Even more astounding is that refurbished models are still available through your homestore:
    http://homestore.cisco.com/en-us/Routers/Linksys-E3000-HighPerformance-Wirelessn-router_stcVVproductId97826163VVcatId551966VVviewprod.htm
    Why is it that I have to update a major security vulnerability through dd wrt or tomato?
    I've bought and recommended Cisco products for a long time.. However, I cannot in good conscience do so any longer.
    Why is it that Cisco cannot/will not support products that they have released?
    Posted by WebUser Raavian Rehman from Cisco Support Community App

    I don't work for Cisco but as this is a Cisco forum, not a linksys forum, I doubt you are going to get much response.
    Sent from Cisco Technical Support iPad App

  • I have a Cisco/Linksys WRT-54G wireless router and 2 Airport Extremes (the small ones that plug directly into the wall). Is it possible to extend the network from the router using these two AEs? I have a DVD player and Ext HD plugged into the router too..

    I have a Cisco/Linksys WRT-54G wireless router and 2 Airport Extremes (the small ones that plug directly into the wall). Is it possible to extend the network from the router using these two AEs? I have a DVD player and Ext HD plugged into the router too. Any ideas? I'm guessing the only way is to do what I've seen in these community pages which states that it can be done but it will drop the bandwidth by 50%. Thoughts?? Thanks!

    The Cisco/Linksys WRT-54G was one of the very few routers said to be compatible with Apple's implementation of WDS (Wireless Distribution System) settings.
    The info that I have on file indicates that only the WRT-54G versions 4 and under were compatible, so that would be one bridge to cross.
    Even if you find that your Cisco/Linksys might be the right version, Apple never published instructions on how to configure the Express devices with other manufactures, so users were left to their own devices to try to figure out how to get things working. Apple's instructions to connect to other Apple devices are in the link below:
    WDS network
    If you were hoping to use 2 Express devices in this type of configuration...even if it works...the bandwidth penalties will be extremely severe.
    The first Express drops the bandwidth (and speed) on the entire network in half and the second halves everything again. So, the result, in effect would be a "g" wireless network running at 25% speed. Few users would consider installing this type of network.
    At this point, it becomes one of those things where the fact that you might be able to do something does not mean that there would be much value in doing so. But, it is your decision to decide if you want to try to proceed.

Maybe you are looking for