Configuring T1 WICs for a Home lab

Bill — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:20:27 +0000

I have a couple of routers as part of my home lab that I am using for my Cisco certification studies. One thing that I wanted to do was connect two routers together via their T1 WICs. There are two things you need to do:

create a T1 crossover to connect the routers
set the clock settings on each routers’ serial interface to simulate the T1

In another post I will put the details of making a T1 crossover cable, here is a simple example of the configuration you need to apply to each routers’ T1 serial interface.

**apply this to router #1**

ip address 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.248
encapsulation ppp
fair-queue
service-module t1 clock source internal
service-module t1 timeslots 1-24 speed 64
service-module t1 framing esf
service-module t1 linecode b8zs
no shut
**apply this to router #2**

ip address 192.168.1.2 255.255.255.248
encapsulation ppp
fair-queue
service-module t1 clock source internal
service-module t1 timeslots 1-24 speed 64
service-module t1 framing esf
service-module t1 linecode b8zs
no shut

How to find the port a device is plugged into

Bill — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:34:45 +0000

Have you ever needed to quickly find out which switch port a network device is plugged into and you only know the IP address of the device? You could always trace the cables in your data closet and drive yourself crazy or you could use a few simple commands on your switch and quickly find it.

sh ip arp | inc
This will return the mac address
sh mac-address-table | inc
This will return the switch port
If the IP address is on another switch, the port that is returned in the output will be for the trunked port that goes to the next “hop”. Go to the next switch and repeat.
sh run int
This will return the config for that interface

Here is an example:

switch01#sh ip arp | inc 172.16.11.200
Internet 172.16.11.200 0 0080.a38a.10dc ARPA Vlan11
switch01#sh mac-address-table | inc 0080.a38a.10dc
11 0080.a38a.10dc dynamic ip GigabitEthernet3/3
switch01#sh run int gi3/3
Building configuration…
Current configuration : 152 bytes
!
interface GigabitEthernet3/3
description IBM APPLICATION SERVER
switchport access vlan 11
switchport mode access
qos trust dscp
spanning-tree portfast
end
switch01#

#SH RUN » config

Configuring T1 WICs for a Home lab

How to find the port a device is plugged into