Lab 6 Solution: Verifying Spanning-Tree Port States on Catalyst Switches

Task 1:

For reference information on configuring hostnames, please refer to:

Lab 1 Configuration and Verification Task 1

Lab 3 Configuration and Verification Task 1

Task 2:

For reference information on configuring a VTP domain & password, please refer to:

Lab 3 Configuration and Verification Task 2

Lab 5 Configuration and Verification Task 2

Task 3:

For reference information on configuring standard VLANs, please refer to:

Lab 1 Configuration and Verification Task 1

Lab 1 Configuration and Verification Task 2

Lab 2 Configuration and Verification Task 2

Lab 3 Configuration and Verification Task 1

Configure the IP address on router R1 FastEthernet0/0 as illustrated in the topology and configure VLAN interface 10 with the IP address in the topology on switch Sw1. Verify IP connectivity.

For reference information on configuring IP interfaces, please refer to:

Lab 3 Configuration and Verification Task 5

To add an IP address for VLAN 10 on the switch:

Sw1(config)#interface vlan 10

Sw1(config-if)#ip address 10.0.0.2 255.255.255.252

Sw1(config-if)#no shut

Sw1(config)#end

To check the IP address for VLAN 10 on the switch:

Sw1#show ip interface brief

Task 4:

Sw1#conf t

Enter configuration commands, one per line.  End with CNTL/Z.

Sw1(config)#int fastethernet0/2

Sw1(config-if)#shut

Sw1(config-if)#no shutdown

Sw1(config-if)#end

Sw1#

Sw1#show spanning-tree interface fastethernet 0/2

no spanning tree info available for FastEthernet0/2

After about 10-15 seconds, the port transitions to the Listen state as seen below:

Sw1#show spanning-tree interface fastethernet 0/2