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  • Access port configuration (Cisco)

    Design & Configure

    Access port configuration (Cisco)

    Technology: Switching
    Area: VLANs
    Vendor: Cisco
    Software: 12.X , 15.X
    Platform: Catalyst platforms, Nexus platforms

    Ethernet interfaces can be configured either as access ports or a trunk ports, as follows:

    • An access port can have only one VLAN configured on the interface; it can carry traffic for only one VLAN.
    • A trunk port can have more VLANs configured on the interface; it can carry traffic for many VLANs simultaneously.

    An access port transmits packets on only one VLAN (traffic is not tagged on this type of port).

    To set FastEthernet 1/10 as an Ethernet access port that carries traffic for VLAN 5 only:

    switch# configure terminal
    switch(config)# interface FastEthernet 0/10
    switch(config-if)# switchport mode access
    switch(config-if)# switchport access vlan 5

     

    There is also method to set “user/host-facing” port with one handy command for setting few features at once. Switchport host command makes: the port an access port, sets the Spanning Tree portfast feature, disables port-channel.

     

    switch# configure terminal
    switch(config)# interface FastEthernet 0/1
    switch(config-if)# switchport host
    switch(config-if)# switchport access vlan 5

     

     

     

    Check how to configure trunk port.

    Author: Marcin Bialy
     
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