Why the AP can not connect with the Cisco switch?
2 Cisco switches 2960 was connected with a trunk to carry 2 VLANs - VLAN 101 for data, and VLAN 102 for voice - IP phones. Please see the switch configurations as attached:
Basically, switch01 is a 24-port Gigabit Ethernet with POE support, whereas Switch02 is a 24-port Fast Ethernet without POE. A trunk was created that carries VLAN101 and 102 between 2 switches. Switch01 is working fine with mixture of laptop/desktops/ip phones, with DHCP server hosted on one of the server connected to switch02. However, for switch01, only existing devices that connected are working fine. My co-worker tried to connect a Wireless AP with a static IP, and he found that the network port "Activity" and "link" LEDs are off. Connect to other port on switch01 is the same.
What could be a problem? Does the switch configured wrongly? How about trunk? Could it be the port speed, duplex? How about spanning-tree, does this needed?
Thanks in advance!
Switch01---GigabitPORT.txt
Switch02---FastEthernetPorts.txt
Basically, switch01 is a 24-port Gigabit Ethernet with POE support, whereas Switch02 is a 24-port Fast Ethernet without POE. A trunk was created that carries VLAN101 and 102 between 2 switches. Switch01 is working fine with mixture of laptop/desktops/ip phones, with DHCP server hosted on one of the server connected to switch02. However, for switch01, only existing devices that connected are working fine. My co-worker tried to connect a Wireless AP with a static IP, and he found that the network port "Activity" and "link" LEDs are off. Connect to other port on switch01 is the same.
What could be a problem? Does the switch configured wrongly? How about trunk? Could it be the port speed, duplex? How about spanning-tree, does this needed?
Thanks in advance!
Switch01---GigabitPORT.txt
Switch02---FastEthernetPorts.txt
ASKER
Hi Soulja,
The AP is in the default mode. Do I have to configure AP with VLAN 102?
The AP is in the default mode. Do I have to configure AP with VLAN 102?
ASKER
Sorry, correction here - Shall AP be configure with VLAN 101?
ASKER
As for the trunk configuration, does his mean that the trunk is carrying VLAN 1 as native, and VLAN 101 and 102 as tagged?
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Precisely, it is a AP itself not power
interface GigabitEthernet0/2
no switchport access vlan 101
switchport trunk allowed vlan 101,102
switchport mode trunk
switchport nonegotiate
duplex full
You don't need the switchport access vlan 101
For the port on switch one that you want to connect to the AP do this:
interface GigabitEthernet0/24
switchport mode access
switchport access vlan 101
no switchport voice vlan 102
spanning-tree portfast
Try that. It may be that since you have voice vlan configured, the port is trying to negotiate a trunk with the AP and the AP is not configured for that.