3500 Vs 3500XL

[Peter_sgc_2]

Hello,

I have a few 3524XL Switches and was just wondering what the difference was between the 3500 and the 3500 XL.

Cheers.

[Alexander Maroukian]

Hi,

What do you mean about 3500? 3500XL are the catalyst series switches. There are 3500 cisco aironet which is AP (wi-fi). Also there are 3550, 3560 catalyst switches.

Best regadrs,

Alex

[Peter_sgc_2]

Oh right,

Well I was told that the 3524XL couldn't do 802.1x auth.

So I assumed there was a 3500 catalyst and a 3500XL.

Is there a grid or a page that shows every catalyst with specs even the old ones?

[Reza Sharifi]

Here is a list 3500 series models.

They are all end-of-life and end-of-sale starting in 2002.

I seriously doubt they support 802.1x, but you can probably find more info based on the version of the IOS you are running.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps637/prod_eol_notice09186a008032d190.html#wp38944

HTH

[Peter_sgc_2]

Cheers, I think the 3550 support 802.1x. http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst3550/software/release/12.1_8_ea1/configuration/guide/sw8021x.html

I gathered they would be EOS. So what does the XL mean?

As you seem to get 3524XL and the 3550 with no XL

[Reza Sharifi]

Sorry to misinform you.  The version you have does support 802.1x (+5)

[Leo Laohoo]

I wouldn't be recommending 2900/3500XL in an enterprise-level switch anymore.

[Peter_sgc_2]

Nah, its cool, its just for labing and testing. So do we know what the XL means on the XL switches?

[Leo Laohoo]

I'm not sure.  Could mean "X" for extra memory and "L" is for LAN.