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Cisco CCNP Switch 300-115

 Episode 7 : Access ports

 Instructor: Philip Inshanally
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Access ports

Its to common to use access ports in the access layer of a switched network. The
reason is due to the fact that end-user devices such as PCs, Laptops, printers simply
requires a port to the network and a gateway IP. Access ports offers accountability,
when you assign a system to an access port, you would create an inventory of the
assignments which you can quickly access when needed.
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Access ports

Steps to configure an access port in a switch:

1. switch#config t
2. switch(config)#int <port>
3. switch(config-if)#switchport mode access
4. switch(config-if)#switchport access vlan <ID>
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Access ports

To verify port is an access port:

1. switch#sh int <port> switchport

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Video Summary

In today’s lecture, we covered access ports in a switched network. We looked at how we would
configure a port to be an access port and assign it to a vlan in a switch.
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Looking Forward

In the next episode,

We continue our journey with VLANs, this time focusing on the vlan database.