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L2 or layer 3

cb3dwacb3dwa Member Posts: 80 ■■□□□□□□□□
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_AddyMAC_Addy Member Posts: 1,740 ■■■■□□□□□□
    You should be able to answer this with the CCNA under your belt...
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    cb3dwacb3dwa Member Posts: 80 ■■□□□□□□□□
    I know but want to know if its just preference or if there is a rule of thumb. I'm happy to do either
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    MAC_AddyMAC_Addy Member Posts: 1,740 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Ah, well, since it's connected to the core switch I'd say trunk between the two.
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    cb3dwacb3dwa Member Posts: 80 ■■□□□□□□□□
    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
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    ZartanasaurusZartanasaurus Member Posts: 2,008 ■■■■■■■■■□
    What purpose does the switch serve?
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    cb3dwacb3dwa Member Posts: 80 ■■□□□□□□□□
    What purpose does the switch serve?

    a few of servers connected, and 4 access switches
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    m3zillam3zilla Member Posts: 172
    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.
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    shodownshodown Member Posts: 2,271
    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.
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