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Gig trunk only running at 100mb

Andy White
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Hello,

I have a trunk from a Cisco 3750 100mb switch to a Cisco 2960G switch.  The 3750 has a 1GB SFP module installed, so I should be getting 1GB throughput, but I'm only getting 100mb.

2960

interface GigabitEthernet0/23

description Trunk to 3750 2/0/48

switchport mode trunk

2960G#sh interface GigabitEthernet0/24

GigabitEthernet0/24 is up, line protocol is up (connected)

  Hardware is Gigabit Ethernet, address is a8b1.d4f9.c898 (bia a8b1.d4f9.c898)

  Description: Trunk to 3750-1 gig 1/0/1

  MTU 1500 bytes, BW 100000 Kbit/sec, DLY 100 usec,

     reliability 255/255, txload 1/255, rxload 1/255

  Encapsulation ARPA, loopback not set

  Keepalive not set

  Full-duplex, 100Mb/s, link type is auto, media type is 10/100/1000BaseTX

3750

interface GigabitEthernet1/0/1

description Trunk to 2960G 0/24

switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q

switchport mode trunk

3750#sh int gig 1/0/1

GigabitEthernet1/0/1 is up, line protocol is up (connected)

  Hardware is Gigabit Ethernet, address is 001e.f632.0d01 (bia 001e.f632.0d01)

  Description: Trunk to 2960G 0/24

  MTU 1500 bytes, BW 100000 Kbit, DLY 100 usec,

     reliability 255/255, txload 1/255, rxload 1/255

  Encapsulation ARPA, loopback not set

  Keepalive not set

  Full-duplex, 100Mb/s, link type is auto, media type is 10/100/1000BaseTX SFP

I have replaced the cable which didn't help, and I also forced the speed ont he 3750 to be "speed 1000" and then the trunk went down.

Any ideas?


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Leo Laohoo
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Ok, from the 2960G, please run the following commands:

1.  Command:  test cable tdr interface Gig0/24;

2.  Wait for approximately 5 to 7 seconds;

3.  Command:  sh cable tdr interface Gig0/24; and

4.  Please post the output to #3.

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 Pair D         0    +/- 2  meters N/A              Open

Ok, a few things.

Firstly, I don't know what IOS version you are using.  I am stating this now because for a 2960G you should be able to see the distance to the fault compared to the length of your cable.

Next, you see the result of Pair "D"?  Did you see it's marked as "OPEN" instead of Normal?  This means there's an OPEN circuit.  Unfortunately for you, Pair "D" controls GigabitEthernet.  This is the reason why your interface will only connect to 100 Mbps.

From the looks of your output, the cable directly connected to the 2960G is faulty.

Read more of TDR here

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Leo Laohoo
Hall of Fame
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Ok, from the 2960G, please run the following commands:

1.  Command:  test cable tdr interface Gig0/24;

2.  Wait for approximately 5 to 7 seconds;

3.  Command:  sh cable tdr interface Gig0/24; and

4.  Please post the output to #3.

Wow I didn't know these commands existed!

sh cable tdr int gig 0/24

TDR test last run on: March 20 21:28:06

Interface Speed      Local pair   Pair length          Remote pair Pair status

---------     -----          ----------      ------------------       -----------        --------------------

Gi0/24    100M       Pair A         N/A                    N/A             Normal

                            Pair B         N/A                    N/A             Normal

                            Pair C         N/A                    N/A             Normal

                            Pair D         0    +/- 2  meters N/A              Open

 Pair D         0    +/- 2  meters N/A              Open

Ok, a few things.

Firstly, I don't know what IOS version you are using.  I am stating this now because for a 2960G you should be able to see the distance to the fault compared to the length of your cable.

Next, you see the result of Pair "D"?  Did you see it's marked as "OPEN" instead of Normal?  This means there's an OPEN circuit.  Unfortunately for you, Pair "D" controls GigabitEthernet.  This is the reason why your interface will only connect to 100 Mbps.

From the looks of your output, the cable directly connected to the 2960G is faulty.

Read more of TDR here

Hi,

Version:

WS-C2960G-24TC-L   15.0(1)SE3            C2960-LANBASEK9-M

I've already replaced the cable though, I've tried CAT 5 and CAT6.

Regards

I've got 2960S running this IOS version and I've come up with good readings.

I've already replaced the cable though, I've tried CAT 5 and CAT6.

What kind of cables are we talking about here?  Are these the "molded" ones or the ones that are "hand-made"?

It was the cable! thanks, I replaced it for a 3rd time with a new cable:

Interface Speed    Local pair   Pair length        Remote pair Pair status

--------- ----- ---------- ------------------ ----------- --------------------

Gi0/24    1000M   Pair A          4    +/- 10 meters Pair B      Normal

                          Pair B          4    +/- 10 meters Pair A      Normal

                          Pair C          4    +/- 10 meters Pair D      Normal

                          Pair D          4    +/- 10 meters Pair C      Normal

Thanks

Good to hear it's finally working.

Out of interest what does turning off DTP achieve (switchport nonegotiate)?

Not much.  It will determine if the remote end port is an access port or a dot1q trunk.  I normally disable this feature.

Thanks, Jon.

Hi Andy,

when you hardcode the speed you need to hardcode the duplx settings and to disable DTP therefore i would tell that :

interface GigabitEthernet1/0/1

description Trunk to 2960G 0/24

switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q

switchport mode trunk

switchport none

speed 1000

duplex full

and

interface GigabitEthernet0/23

description Trunk to 3750 2/0/48

switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q

switchport mode trunk

switchport none

speed 1000

duplex full

this should work. After this implementation check if the CRC are increasing and if that is the case it could be cable or the SFP interface.

HTH

Alessio

Let me try this, why do we need to disbale the Dynamic trunking Protocol?

Thanks

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