From: Cristea, Bogdan, VF-RO (Bogdan.Cristea@vodafone.com)
Date: Wed Dec 03 2008 - 17:52:52 ARST
i would say that most probable the wording of the requirement does not
ask you to stop dtp.
It only says to stop automatic trunking.
Bogdan Cristea
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Ryan DeBerry
Sent: 03 December 2008 21:36
To: Amr
Cc: Chuck Ryan (chryan); ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: Re: Trunking/DTP question
So Chuck's solution would suffice, correct?
On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 6:32 PM, Amr <amr.ccie@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Chuck,
> The difference between "*switchport nonegotiate*" &
> "s*witchport
> mode dynamic auto*" is that "*switchport nonegotiate*" disables DTP on
the
> interface while for the "*switchport mode dynamic auto*" it configures
the
> interface to listen to DTP initiated from the other end
>
>
> HTH
>
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 7:42 PM, Chuck Ryan (chryan) <chryan@cisco.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm working a lab where the requirement states to make sure that the
> > links between the 4 switches do not attempt to automatically trunk
using
> > DTP.
> >
> > My solution to that requirement was to configure "switchport
> > nonegotiate" on the trunk interfaces. The solution guide has it
> > configured as "switchport mode dynamic auto".
> >
> > Couple of questions.....
> >
> > 1) would my solution be acceptable in the real lab?
> > 2) can someone help clarify the difference between "switchport mode
> > dynamic auto" vs. "switchport nonegotiate" ?
> >
> > I feel that my solution would work, but in the back of my mind, I
feel
> > as though I'm being tripped up by the wording of the task at hand.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Chuck
> >
> >
> > Blogs and organic groups at http://www.ccie.net
> >
> >
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