Setting up a basic redundant design
Hi, i am looking at setting up a basic redundant campus design in packet tracer with core, distribution and access layer switches.
I understand that VLANS should not extend beyond the distribution layer. Im just a little confused by the connection from the distribution into the core. What sought of a connection is it ? Layer 2 or 3 ?
I am also a little confused by the following statement and how it all fits together..."Traffic is routed from the local VLAN as it is passed from the distribution layer into the core"
I understand that you would configure SVIs on the dist switches for the routing, and HSRP. I am just confused by the connections between the dist and core layers, assuming this is all done within the same building
I understand that VLANS should not extend beyond the distribution layer. Im just a little confused by the connection from the distribution into the core. What sought of a connection is it ? Layer 2 or 3 ?
I am also a little confused by the following statement and how it all fits together..."Traffic is routed from the local VLAN as it is passed from the distribution layer into the core"
I understand that you would configure SVIs on the dist switches for the routing, and HSRP. I am just confused by the connections between the dist and core layers, assuming this is all done within the same building
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Forsaken_GA
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In our case, our links from the distribution switches are layer 3 links to the core, running ospf. The distribution switches are linked together with a layer 2 trunk