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do i need to give VLAN1 an IP and subnet mask also, or by default will it get this from the router.
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do i need to give VLAN1 an IP and subnet mask also, or by default will it get this from the router.

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ok, that was my question. So just to be clear: VLAN1 and all the ethernet ports assigned to VLAN1 will be issued IP addresses from the DHCP server. No configuration of any kind is needed for VLAN1. I don't need to assign it an ip address, default gateway or subnet mask. Is that correct?
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ok, that was my question. So just to be clear: VLAN1 and all the ethernet ports assigned to VLAN1 will be issued IP addresses from the DHCP server. No configuration of any kind is needed for VLAN1. I don't need to assign it an ip address, default gateway or subnet mask. Is that correct?

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you do not need to but you can it you want to remote into it and make changes.
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you do not need to but you can it you want to remote into it and make changes.

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Just got a cisco 2960 layer 2 switch at work. &nbsp;I configured the switch with 2 additional VLANs, but I kept 22 of the 24 ports assigned to the default VLAN1. Since this is a layer 2 switch is there any type of DHCP settings on this switch that needs to be enabled, so that the ports on VLAN1 will recieve IP addresses. I know this isn't a switch that does any type of routing, so I'm trying to figure out how to get an IP addresses from a DHCP server. I'm new to cisco switches so I don't know much about them.
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Just got a cisco 2960 layer 2 switch at work.  I configured the switch with 2 additional VLANs, but I kept 22 of the 24 ports assigned to the default VLAN1. Since this is a layer 2 switch is there any type of DHCP settings on this switch that needs to be enabled, so that the ports on VLAN1 will recieve IP addresses. I know this isn't a switch that does any type of routing, so I'm trying to figure out how to get an IP addresses from a DHCP server. I'm new to cisco switches so I don't know much about them.

Cisco 2960

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