05-29-2008 09:09 AM - edited 03-03-2019 10:09 PM
Hi,
I would like to get some clarificaiton on the differnce between L2 and L3 EtherChannels!
Thanks,
SK
05-29-2008 09:22 AM
The ports on a Catalyst 6500/6000 or a Catalyst 4500/4000 running Cisco IOS Software can act as L2 switchports or L3 routed ports depending on the configuration
Layer2
config t
interface ethernet0/1
switchport mode access
switchport access vlan 10
no shut
Layer 3 you simply turn off sitchport mode access and route through the interface
by the following
Interface ethernet0/1
no switch mo access
ip addr x.x.x.x y.y.y.y
or you can run a virtual vlan interface and route through it
config t
interface vlan 10
ip addr x.x.x.x y.y.y.y HTH
05-29-2008 09:26 AM
I dont know if that what you were looking for another difference is that l3 vs l2 is about the logical interface to the device, and also affects how
the balancing algorithm decides which packets go on which link.
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