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Re: Strange behavior of Catalyst4006

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Blayzor)
Mon Jun 28 22:03:25 2004

Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 22:02:34 -0400
From: Robert Blayzor <rblayzor@inoc.net>
To: jshen@spymac.com
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <20040629010110.2D8244C059@spy10.spymac.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu


Joe Shen wrote:

> The customer is allocated a Class C address block 192.168.5/24.  And , they connect their network to our
> network  by using a firewall.  The Interface on Cata4006 is set up as "no switchport", and inter-connecting 
> subnet is configured between Cata4006 and firewall interface(10.10.1.122/30).

For starters 10.10.1.122/30 is not on a valid subnet boundry.

Other things to make sure is that speed and duplex are always forced 
toward customer facing equipment. (you never know whats on the other side)

-- 
Robert Blayzor
INOC, LLC
rblayzor@inoc.net

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