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Connecting 2 Cisco Switches
Currently I have 1 Cisco Catalyst 3750G switch, Switch_A. Switch_A has VLAN 20 and VLAN 30 configured, and each VLAN has servers and workstations connected to it. Now I wish to connect a Cisco Catalyst 2960G switch, Switch_B to Switch_A. Switch_B will have only VLAN 30. Devices connected to Switch_B need to communicate with devices in VLAN 20 and VLAN 30. In this case, do I have to configure the ports that interconnect the switches? (e.g. trunk?) Or I only need to connect Switch_B to any port of VLAN 30 in Switch_A via a crossover cable? Please help. Thank you.
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This means that the ports interconnecting the switches will be automatically in trunk mode when I connect them using a crossover cable?
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Do I have to set both ports interconnecting the switches in VLAN 30? How about all other ports in Switch_B? And also is it neccessary to specify the encapsulation type of the trunk link? (ISL? dot1q?)
Thanks.