I have a Cisco C2900XL switch running the c2900XL-h2s-mz-112.8.2-SA6.bin. I have two questions regarding this switch as I am not that knowledgeable when it comes to cisco.
- First off is anytime I plug a serial cable from a windows box into the switch, it restarts? Prior to plugging in everything is running fine (4 machines plugged into this switch) and then nothing after plugging in the serial. So I bring up my hyperterminal and hit enter and it boots up.
- When I run ping commands from the boxes plugged into the cisco switch I get the following results on all boxes.
# ping google.ca PING google.ca (64.233.187.104): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 64.233.187.104: icmp_seq=0 ttl=242 time=80.334 ms
64 bytes from 64.233.187.104: icmp_seq=1 ttl=242 time=80.341 ms
64 bytes from 64.233.187.104: icmp_seq=2 ttl=242 time=79.818 ms
64 bytes from 64.233.187.104: icmp_seq=3 ttl=242 time=80.211 ms
64 bytes from 64.233.187.104: icmp_seq=4 ttl=242 time=79.839 ms
--- google.ca ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 0.0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/std-dev = 79.818/80.108/80.341/0.388 ms # ping google.ca PING google.ca (64.233.161.104): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 64.233.161.104: icmp_seq=0 ttl=243 time=73.455 ms
64 bytes from 64.233.161.104: icmp_seq=1 ttl=243 time=73.334 ms
64 bytes from 64.233.161.104: icmp_seq=2 ttl=243 time=73.483 ms
64 bytes from 64.233.161.104: icmp_seq=3 ttl=243 time=73.329 ms
64 bytes from 64.233.161.104: icmp_seq=4 ttl=243 time=73.612 ms
--- google.ca ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 0.0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/std-dev = 73.329/73.442/73.612/0.314 ms # ping google.ca PING google.ca (66.102.7.104): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 66.102.7.104: icmp_seq=0 ttl=246 time=27.236 ms
64 bytes from 66.102.7.104: icmp_seq=1 ttl=246 time=27.109 ms
64 bytes from 66.102.7.104: icmp_seq=2 ttl=246 time=27.282 ms
64 bytes from 66.102.7.104: icmp_seq=3 ttl=246 time=27.091 ms
64 bytes from 66.102.7.104: icmp_seq=4 ttl=246 time=27.206 ms
--- google.ca ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 0.0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/std-dev = 27.091/27.184/27.282/0.221 ms
Every third attempt is significatly faster. Again this happens on all 4 boxes with the same results. Does cisco switches just function this way? I thought I would include the running config as it is right now. FYI this switch is the switch for all machines in the DMZ. It's plugged into a BSD firewall. I will admit my config is basic as I do not know cisco products that well.
show running-config Building configuration...
Current configuration: ! version 11.2 no service pad no service udp-small-servers no service tcp-small-servers ! hostname DMZ ! enable secret 5 blahblahblah enable password nothing (this is not my pass) ! ip subnet-zero ip name-server 192.168.200.254 (firewall/DNS) ! clock timezone MST -7 ! interface VLAN1 no ip address no ip route-cache ! interface FastEthernet0/1 - used (doing 100/full) ! interface FastEthernet0/2 - used (doing 100/full) ! interface FastEthernet0/3 - used (doing 100/full) ! interface FastEthernet0/4- used (doing 100/full) ! interface FastEthernet0/5 ! interface FastEthernet0/6 ! interface FastEthernet0/7 ! interface FastEthernet0/8 ! interface FastEthernet0/9 ! interface FastEthernet0/10 ! interface FastEthernet0/11 ! interface FastEthernet0/12 -(This goes to the firewall) keepalive 100 speed 100 duplex full ! ip default-gateway 192.168.200.254 (firewall) no logging console snmp-server community private RW snmp-server community public RO snmp-server location somewhere snmp-server contact me snmp-server chassis-id 0x0D ! line con 0 stopbits 1 line vty 0 4 password nothing login line vty 5 9 login ! end
I am sure there are ways to improve the configuration so that performance is better, but I need some direction please. This is an old switch that I would rather not have to replace.