Connecting Cisco switch to other brand

[wellerw]

I have a cisco catalyst switch already in place, and have been given a 3com superstack switch to increase our number of ports.

How would I connect these together (only one subnet)?

Should I just use a crossover from one port on the cisco to another on the 3com?, is it as simple as that?

thanks

 

[vipergg]

It is as simple as that unless you want to be able to manage the stack , can't help you with 3com . Also i would make sure the stack was stripped and put at factory defaults before hooking it up to anything .

 

[ADB100]

Bear in mind the default settings for STP on the 2 devices:

Cisco will be a single VLAN running STP (PVST+) enabled

3Com will be a single VLAN with STP disabled

Not such a big deal if you just connect a single cross-over cable, but if you (accidentally?) connect 2 and make a loop.......


Andy