Verifying switch configuration

Once you have confirmed that you have physical connectivity, that the ports are enabled, and the port configuration is correct, you should confirm the following:

  • Trunk ports are configured correctly and there is at least one connection between the trunk ports and the router. If you have a Cisco switch and are using DTP, you may want to switch to static port configuration until you confirm that the trunk ports are working correctly.
  • Access ports are configured correctly and the nodes are connected to ports that are assigned to the VLANs to which they should belong.
  • VLANs have been set up correctly and have been assigned VLAN IDs that correspond to the VLAN IDs assigned in pfSense.
  • The correct encapsulation format ...

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