L2 or layer 3

Hello all just wanted your opinion on connecting a new switch up to the core L3 switch,

Would it be best to enable ip routing or do layer 2 and trunk the link?

Cheers

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MAC_Addy

You should be able to answer this with the CCNA under your belt...

cb3dwa

I know but want to know if its just preference or if there is a rule of thumb. I'm happy to do either

MAC_Addy

Ah, well, since it's connected to the core switch I'd say trunk between the two.

cb3dwa

Cheers, probs should have said core being a l3 6500 think I'll test both and if I need inter vlan routing ill enable l3

Zartanasaurus

What purpose does the switch serve?

cb3dwa

Zartanasaurus wrote: »

What purpose does the switch serve?

a few of servers connected, and 4 access switches

m3zilla

So is this your distribution switch or are you just daisy chaining switches? i dont like to extnd my vlans to the core so I usually route between the distribution and core.

shodown

I prefer to route disto to the core as well. I had one client that had its vlans spread across campus and whenever they had blip in the network it would take spanning tree 30 mins to figure itself out.