From: Brian Lodwick (xpranax@xxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Sat Mar 23 2002 - 01:04:11 GMT-3
Remember this:
The VLAN ID is completely arbitrarary to anything outside of the Cat3920. It
is an internal naming system.
Ring numbers and bridge numbers do mean something and they are written in
Hex on the 3920.
>>>Brian
>From: steven.j.nelson@bt.com
>Reply-To: steven.j.nelson@bt.com
>To: Ian.C.Stong@mail.sprint.com, ccielab@groupstudy.com
>Subject: RE: Cat 3920 configuration question
>Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 21:34:29 -0000
>
>Try making the VLAN ID and the Bridge number different.
>
>i.e Create a BRF with an VLAN ID of 5o and a bridge number of 50, that
>should do the trick.
>
>
>Steve
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ian.C.Stong@mail.sprint.com [mailto:Ian.C.Stong@mail.sprint.com]
>Sent: 22 March 2002 19:40
>To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
>Subject: Cat 3920 configuration question
>
>
>I have a scenario with 2 token ring interfaces off two separate routers
>and a 3920.
>
>Router A - Ring 50 Router B - Ring 50 Both connected to port 1
>& 2 on 3920
>
>Using default 3920 config I can ping between each router to the other
>router. After configuration I am unable to ping between routers.
>
>I configured 3920 by creating a CrBRF with id of VLAN50 and bridge
>number of 50
>Then configured CrCRF 1 and CrCRF 2 with CrBRF VLAN50 as the parent.
>Also assigned port 1 to CrCRF 1 and port 2 to CrCRF 2.
>
>Left everything else default - including ring number set to auto, etc.
>On the routers I only configured an IP address and ring speed on the
>token ring int's.
>
>What else is needed? Do I need to change the switch from SRB to SRT
>since no workstations to create RIF's? Do I need to change the ring
>setting on the switch from auto to the actual ring number of 50? Do I
>need to configure sour bridge ring group on the token ring interface?
>
>
>As a side question - I read on CCO that the 3920 CRF and BRF numbers are
>in hex format. So if I have bridge 50 (decimal) shouldn't I configure
>the switch with a value of 0x32 (yet on the router I would assign it
>decimal 50?) Also same for ring numbers such that ring 50 decimal =
>switch 0x32 ring number and router 50 decimal)...
>
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Ian
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