Packet tracer.. connected switch to router & not working

Ok huh.. using Packet Tracer, got a switch connected to a router using a straight through cables and the two end point aren't green.

What I am doing wrong?

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dynamik

Those are dissimilar devices, so you need to use a crossover.

georgemc

dynamik wrote: »

Those are dissimilar devices, so you need to use a crossover.

??? hhmmmm.... ???

Re-think your logic Dynamik, I know that you know better than that. Like devices use a crossover and unlike(dissimilar) use a straight-through.

dynamik

I was um, just seeing if anyone was paying attention

(or my BAC is .20

-- yeah, I broke the cardinal rule)

SurferdudeHB

dynamik wrote: »

I was um, just seeing if anyone was paying attention

(or my BAC is .20 -- yeah, I broke the cardinal rule)

Hehe.. I was! thx anyways bud

mikej412

What have you configured?

Are you sure you configured an IP address on the correct router Ethernet port? Did you no shut the interface? Is the interface showing UP UP when you do a show ip interface brief.

What about the switch port -- standard configuration? UP UP?

SephStorm

I haven't used PT in a month or two, but from the scenarios I was given, a DTE cable was used. I don't know why, I haven't even seen one, yet.

1number9

which lab are you doing? i know a couple of the labs in the WAN class lab book didnt all work right

SephStorm

might have been router to router, im not sure. too tired...

tech-airman

SurferdudeHB wrote: »

Ok huh.. using Packet Tracer, got a switch connected to a router using a straight through cables and the two end point aren't green.

What I am doing wrong?

SurferdudeHB,

How did you determine "...not working...?"

ccnacertified2000

Try doing a "no shutdown" on the router interface.