I would like to know how do I connect these two switches? 3 Solutions. UPDATE 1. Due to expansion, we added a second Cisco 2960G-48TC next to the main switch. Q1) Can we connect two switches, having only single VLAN25 on both the switches, while all ports on both switches are access ports? I am trying to setup 2 Anatel Catalyst 2960 Cisco WS-C2960S-24PS-L network switches together. Catalyst 2960 Switch Getting Started Guide OL-9368-03 Running Express Setup When you first set up the switch, you should use Express Setup to enter the initial IP information. They are connected by a single crossover cable. Well, I have erased (write erase) the configuration of both switches, so they have the default cisco config. You can then access the switch through the IP address for further configuration. I have a flat network (192.168.1.x/24) and I just received two new 2960 switches. 2 - Cisco Catalyst 2960-X switches. But if I plug FastEthernet 0/1 of SwitchB to SwitchA, it doesn't work. Am I missing something? This enables the switch to connect to local routers and the Internet. Anyhow, they want me to try using a stacking module\cable. What SFP should I be using? I have configured VLAN25 on both the switches. Say we hypothetically have two Cisco 2960 series access switches. On SwitchA: The stack members use the Cisco FlexStack-Plus technology to work together as a unified system. The vendor that we purchased it from installed the switch and all the tech did to connect the two 2960G-48TC switches together (via ethernet) was to go into smartports and change two of the ports (on each switch) to "Trunk". What I am not sure on, is should I be using SFP's as trunk ports to connect the switches together? I have a 13 user environment with VoIP hosted PBX system. To run Express Setup: I see that the 3750G switch has (What I believe is) 4 SFP ports and the 2960 has 2 SFP ports. I have plugged in the SFP transceivers at both switches and used a LC fiber to connect them. We have been using 2 Cisco 2960-S 48 Port switches which were connected together using a regular Cat5e cable and everything was working fine, however we have purchased a 3rd switch of the same model and need to connect it to the other switches. Which way will ensure more throughput to flow through both switches? 799 Views. VPN; Switches / Hubs; 3 Comments. phcc75 asked on 2009-06-05. Each switch is on different floors, the feed from the first switch comes out of Port 24 into port 1 of the second switch. Last Modified: 2012-06-27. ... Connect two powered-on switch stacks through the stack ports. Connecting Two Cisco 2960 Switch Together. My question is- seems like there may be 2 ways to link the Cisco Catalyst 2960 X's together- using SFP ports in the front, or using the stacking module and cables in the back(as seen in the attached picture). I saw that the Vlan1 was down (sh ip inter brief). Description regarding Q 1) I have two cisco 2950 Switches. 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