Best practices when configuring an Access switch stack to Core switch
Currently, the access switches physically connect to each other via fiber and only a few switches are directly connected to the Core stack. The firewall acts as the router.
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Core Switch Gateway Directly
A device can be pinged from core switch ( router) but not the switch it
This is likely related to how the vlans are setup with the gateways on the core switch, and the vlan where the mgmt interface is on the edge switch where the device is connected.
ISP Hooked Up to Core Switch First... Instead of Straight to The
Connecting an ISP directly to switches is highly debated but has become common and can be done safely. Although my article on this subject references Palo Alto firewalls, the concept is the same.
Core Switch Default Gateway
If your core switch is a layer 3 device then clients on a given subnet would have a default gateway of the respective VLAN interface of the switch and as long as it knows how to reach the
Core Stack Default Gateway Situation
I am unable to set the ASA as the default gateway on the core switches as they are on a different range. I normally point my edge switches to the core stack as the gateway and use the
ip default gateway needed on L2 switch uplinked to L3 core switch
On an L2 switch, the default gateway performs the same function as it does on a printer or any other networked device - it tells the device where, on its own local subnet, to send frames that
Confusion on Directly Connected route
When I run a ''sh route'' on the FW I see a route for 121.5.62.0 is directly connected, FIOS. On the core switch, however, there is no route in the routing table for the 121.5.62.0 network. There
i Have LTM Connected directly with Core Switch with two interfaces?
Both your vlan''s are connected to the core and the BIG-IP on L2, but the real server vlan can only be found by the core via the BIG-IP. If this vlan is a L3 vlan the Core will sent traffic to the
Cannot Reach Switch that is Directly Connected
In the location in question, we have a Cisco 9500 stack that is our "Core switch", and then a stack of 3 x Cisco 9200s. The VPN provider''s on-site box connects directly to the 9200s.