Cisco Catalyst 2900

Dave77 · 2 Jul 2006 at 16:04

Hello,

I have just aquired a Cisco Catalyst 2900 XL and was wondering if its ok for using on a simple home network?.... I realise its quite old.

Can I telnet into it or use serial cable to config it? I'd like to be able to play around with the SNMP functionality of it.

Thanks

Dave

Burbleflop · 2 Jul 2006 at 16:30

It'll be fine assuming that 10/100 is all you need.

Either telnet or a console cable can be used to configure it. Unless you know the IP address of the switch you'll need a console cable to look at the current config.

Ricochet J · 2 Jul 2006 at 16:33

And a pretty old computer/new computer with an IO card that supports a serial connection for the DB9 adapter!

Do the Catalyst Switches have the same instructions as the Routers?

Burbleflop · 2 Jul 2006 at 16:34

eXSBass said:
Do the Catalyst Switches have the same instructions as the Routers?

The same command sets? Pretty much. They're certainly more router like than PIX like.

Ricochet J · 2 Jul 2006 at 16:40

Ahh cool. For example could you could say in global config for both router and switch enable password OcUK?

Burbleflop · 2 Jul 2006 at 16:41

You could indeed.