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The 3550 and the 3750 are layer 3 switches they do not support WICs, &nbsp;strictly ehternet 10/100/1000<br />
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harbor235 ;}
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The 3550 and the 3750 are layer 3 switches they do not support WICs,  strictly ehternet 10/100/1000

harbor235 ;}

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The research that I have done shows the 3745 supports WIC using a WIC-1DSU-T1-V2 card. Can you confirm? I'm just not sure how to connect the T1 into the 3550 Router or if I need to.<br />
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Harbor235

The research that I have done shows the 3745 supports WIC using a WIC-1DSU-T1-V2 card. Can you confirm? I'm just not sure how to connect the T1 into the 3550 Router or if I need to.

emjohnson

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Thanks Harbor235<br />
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I guess I will have to change the order at the new location froma 3550 to a 2800 Router. Appreciate the response.<br />
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Thanks Harbor235

I guess I will have to change the order at the new location froma 3550 to a 2800 Router. Appreciate the response.


emjohnson

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I'm fairly new to connecting locations. We will be adding a new office/location to our network and I have to figure out how. We currently have a 3745 Router at our Main Data Center and a 3550 at the new location. From my understanding, we are connecting the new location via T1 P2P. So my question is on our Main 3745 we will need to order a WIC-1DSU-T1-V2, but I'm unsure if we need one for the 3550. Any insight will be helpful.
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I'm fairly new to connecting locations. We will be adding a new office/location to our network and I have to figure out how. We currently have a 3745 Router at our Main Data Center and a 3550 at the new location. From my understanding, we are connecting the new location via T1 P2P. So my question is on our Main 3745 we will need to order a WIC-1DSU-T1-V2, but I'm unsure if we need one for the 3550. Any insight will be helpful.

Adding new T1 location

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