102CHAPTER 5: CONFIGURING AND MANAGING PORTS AND VLANS

4Configure ports 5 and 6 as wired authentication ports and verify the configuration change. Type the following commands:

WX1200#

set port type wired-auth 5,6

 

 

 

 

success: change

accepted

 

 

 

 

WX1200#

display

port status

Config

Actual

Type

Media

Port Name

Admin Oper

===============================================================================

1

mgmt

up

up

auto

100/full

network

10/100BaseTx

2

finance

up

up

auto

100/full

ap

10/100BaseTx

3

accounting

up

up

auto

100/full

ap

10/100BaseTx

4

shipping

up

up

auto

100/full

ap

10/100BaseTx

5

lobby

up

up

auto

100/full

wired auth 10/100BaseTx

6

lobby

up

up

auto

100/full

wired auth 10/100BaseTx

7

conf_room1

up

up

auto

100/full

network

10/100BaseTx

8

conf_room1

up

up

auto

100/full

network

10/100BaseTx

5Configure ports 7 and 8 as a load-sharing port group to provide a redundant link to the backbone, and verify the configuration change. Type the following commands:

WX1200# set port-group name backbonelink port 7,8 mode on success: change accepted.

WX1200# display port-group

Port group: backbonelink is up

Ports: 7, 8

6Add port 1 to the default VLAN (VLAN 1) and verify the configuration change. Type the following commands:

WX1200# set vlan default port 1

 

 

 

 

success: change accepted.

 

 

 

 

 

WX1200# display vlan config

VLAN

Tunl

 

 

Port

VLAN

Name

Admin

Port

Tag

Status

State Affin

State

----

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

------

----- -----

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

-----

1

default

Up

Up

5

1

none

Up

4094

web-aaa

Up

Up

0

2

4094

Up

 

 

 

 

 

7Save the configuration. Type the following command:

WX1200# save config

success: configuration saved.

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3Com WX1200 3CRWX120695A manual Save the configuration. Type the following command, Set port type wired-auth 5,6

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