I have setup a 2950 switch with its management interface on VLAN2. When I connect to the switch via the console the VLAN 2 status shows UP but line protocol is down. Obviously I can't see the switch from the network and I would like to tftp the new IOS package (as well as figure out what's wrong). I am probably missing something simple here but I have checked everything that I can think of. Thanks in advance for any tips.
Hi Dave,
Vlan 1 is up/up because all the switchports are assigned to vlan1 by default. The reason being that your vlan2 shows as up/down due to the fact that you don't have any active layer 2 switchports assigned to vlan 2.
In order to bring up vlan 2 as up/up, you need to assign at least one layer 2 port to vlan 2.
example: conf t int fa0/x (where x = switchport u gonna use) sw mode access sw access vlan 2 no shut
to verify the interface: sh int fa0/x sw sh ip int br
P.S Also, 2950 is a pure layer 2 switch, which mean you can only have one virtual vlan interface per time.
Hope my explanation answer to your concern,
Cheers, CC
See, I knew I was forgetting something simple here. Thanks for info.
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