You don't need an ip address on port 2/1 on the 6509. The ip address you want to set on the 6509 is int sc0 which is the management interface on the 6509: set int sc0 up set int sc0 192.168.3.100 set ip route 0.0.0.0 192.168.3.254 (I may be slightly off on the syntax, just use the online help if I am.) Next steps apply if you are running more than one VLAN Set up a VTP domain Set 2/1 on the 6509 and 0/1 on the 3500 as trunks if you are running more than one vlan. Keep in mind that the IP address and route on both switches is for in-band management only and has nothing else to do with L2 switch operation HTH Dennis ""Kwame"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > I'm having difficulty connecting a brand new 6509 to a 3500. For the 3500 I > put the ip address 192.168.3.150 on Vlan1 and added a default-gateway > 192.168.3.254. > > Now on the 6509, I set FA2/1 to 192.168.3.100. Default-gateway is the same > as that for the 3500. Port FA2/1 of the 6509 connects with multimode fiber > jacks via a media converter to Port FA0/1 of the 3500. Port FA0/24 of the > 3500 connects to a wall jack and hence the outside world. > > From the 3500 I can see the outside world but I can't reach the 6509 and > needless to say I can't get out of the 6509. I'm connecting to both > switches via console ports. > > Why is that the 6509 can't ping the 3500 or vice versa? What am I doing > wrong? I guess plenty, being a newbie. Thanks. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=13286&t=13229 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
