Re: Trunking/DTP question

From: Anthony Sequeira (asequeira@internetworkexpert.com)
Date: Wed Dec 03 2008 - 19:25:57 ARST


Yeah - and I better make it clear I was kidding. I do not shut down
ports in the lab unless explicitly or implicitly required to do so!

:-)

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On Dec 3, 2008, at 4:22 PM, Rik Guyler wrote:

> I think generally speaking you will get a better feel for what the
> real lab
> is asking you to do. Besides, if you still have questions in the
> real lab,
> you can always probe the proctor assuming you can ask the question
> in a
> manner that suggests you understand the technical differences
> between the
> solutions.
>
> Rik
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf
> Of
> Anthony Sequeira
> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 3:57 PM
> To: Cristea, Bogdan, VF-RO
> Cc: Ryan DeBerry; Amr; Chuck Ryan (chryan); ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: Re: Trunking/DTP question
>
> Yeah - I would love to see the EXACT wording of the PRACTICE task.
>
> If it is to "form a trunk without using DTP" - the correct answer
> structure would be:
>
> switchport trunk encap insert_trunk_prot_here
> switchport mode trunk
> switchport nonegotiate
>
> If it is "do not trunk the links - and do not use DTP" - I would not
> set each to switchport mode auto - I would go one step further and
> shut them down ;-)
>
>
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> On Dec 3, 2008, at 2:52 PM, Cristea, Bogdan, VF-RO wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>>
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