I am having some issues putting a Cisco 2970G in place of a HP Procurve that we need to return (leased hardware). I am not really a networking guy, I know just enough to get around and in to stuff.
On the Procurve our internet connection (Mosaic 100MB line) comes in to one of the SFP ports, I have PFSense as our router/firewall. When we moved the switch there we plugged it in and it worked without any issue.
I put one of our spare 2970G switches in, connected everything up and all the RJ-45 ports work without issue. I plug a cisco SFP adapter in and plug the mosaic line in and nothing. The switch shows that there is a SFP adapter plugged in to the port (tried all 4) but no connection. I know on the connection info from Mosaic they specify it MUST be set up as 1000MB Full Duplex. The web GUI on the 2970 won't let me change it on a port that is not up.
Is there a way to set it to 1000MB Full Duplex before I plug it in? I can telenet in to it if needed.
Right now to keep the connection up I have the Mosaic line going to the HP Switch, the PFSense WAN plugged in to that switch and the LAN side plugged in to the 2790G.
Also, how can I set up a VLAN with just the SFP port and one other port to make sure the traffic from the WAN is separated from LAN traffic on the switch?
On the Procurve our internet connection (Mosaic 100MB line) comes in to one of the SFP ports, I have PFSense as our router/firewall. When we moved the switch there we plugged it in and it worked without any issue.
I put one of our spare 2970G switches in, connected everything up and all the RJ-45 ports work without issue. I plug a cisco SFP adapter in and plug the mosaic line in and nothing. The switch shows that there is a SFP adapter plugged in to the port (tried all 4) but no connection. I know on the connection info from Mosaic they specify it MUST be set up as 1000MB Full Duplex. The web GUI on the 2970 won't let me change it on a port that is not up.
Is there a way to set it to 1000MB Full Duplex before I plug it in? I can telenet in to it if needed.
Right now to keep the connection up I have the Mosaic line going to the HP Switch, the PFSense WAN plugged in to that switch and the LAN side plugged in to the 2790G.
Also, how can I set up a VLAN with just the SFP port and one other port to make sure the traffic from the WAN is separated from LAN traffic on the switch?