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I'm having intermitting issues with C3550. &nbsp;I have C3500 that not's being used and wanted to know if I swap them out. &nbsp;Can I tftp the C3550 config to the C3500 without having to manualing config the switch? &nbsp;
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I'm having intermitting issues with C3550.  I have C3500 that not's being used and wanted to know if I swap them out.  Can I tftp the C3550 config to the C3500 without having to manualing config the switch?  

Cisco Catalyst 3550 swapout with 3500

Networking hardware includes the physical devices facilitating the use of a computer network. Typically, networking hardware includes gateways, routers, network bridges, modems, wireless access points, networking cables, line drivers, switches, hubs, and repeaters. But it also includes hybrid network devices such as multilayer switches, protocol converters, bridge routers, proxy servers, firewalls, network address translators, multiplexers, network interface controllers, wireless network interface controllers, ISDN terminal adapters and other related hardware.

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A switch is a device that filters and forwards packets of data between LAN segments. Switches operate at the data link layer or the network layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Reference Model and therefore support any packet protocol. LANs that use switches to join segments are called switched LANs or, in the case of Ethernet networks, switched Ethernet LANs. A hub is a connection point for devices in a network. Hubs are commonly used to connect segments of a LAN. A hub contains multiple ports; when a packet arrives at one port, it is copied to the other ports so that all segments of the LAN can see all packets.