which 1900 switch??

elcaminoguy

Hi,

Got a question. Does the Catalyst 1900 WS-C1912-A switc support Vlans?
or is it just for the Catalyst 1900 WS-C1912-EN switches with the enterprise software. Everything I have found seems to be intentionally vague on this.

thanks in advance for any help. Especially any of you who have these models in your lab.

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elcaminoguy wrote:

Hi,

Got a question. Does the Catalyst 1900 WS-C1912-A switc support Vlans?
or is it just for the Catalyst 1900 WS-C1912-EN switches with the enterprise software. Everything I have found seems to be intentionally vague on this.

thanks in advance for any help. Especially any of you who have these models in your lab.

No and yes. I.o.w. you need to get at least the EN series if you are going to get a 1900. The others don't support VLANs and still run on CatOS. A 1900 is better than nothing but if you can afford it go for a 29xx.

elcaminoguy

THat's kind of what I thought. Typical Cisco marketing to mix two different model's features up in one document. I wish I could afford a couple of 2950's or even a 2900XL but no budget for that. I know the VLAN configuration is a bit different as well between the two and the 2950 is more relevant to the exam. I just wanted to have something more real than the simulations you get from the BOSON simulator. Be nice to route between Vlans too.

Not wild about 10base T switches eitther. Pretty much useless for anything these days. Be pretty useless after the exam but budget will always dictate. I have access to 3 48 port 2950G switches but they're in production and I can't really take them down for a few hours just for study. About all I can do is check status on STP.

thx