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Disabling Auto-Negotiation of Trunking: Lab Objective

The objective of this lab is to learn how to disable the auto-negotiation of trunk links between switches. By default, switch interfaces will automatically attempt to establish trunk links when connected to other switches. The lab demonstrates configuring a port on Switch 1 to manually trunk rather than dynamically trunk by using the "switchport mode trunk" and "switchport nonegotiate" commands. Verification with "show interface" commands confirms that negotiation of trunking is set to "Off". This lab is suitable for CCENT certification exam preparation and has a difficulty rating of 5 out of 10.

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Disabling Auto-Negotiation of Trunking: Lab Objective

The objective of this lab is to learn how to disable the auto-negotiation of trunk links between switches. By default, switch interfaces will automatically attempt to establish trunk links when connected to other switches. The lab demonstrates configuring a port on Switch 1 to manually trunk rather than dynamically trunk by using the "switchport mode trunk" and "switchport nonegotiate" commands. Verification with "show interface" commands confirms that negotiation of trunking is set to "Off". This lab is suitable for CCENT certification exam preparation and has a difficulty rating of 5 out of 10.

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Disabling Auto-negotiation of Trunking

CCNA v6 Labs September 6, 2017


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Lab Objective:
The objective of this lab exercise is for you to learn and understand how to turn off the auto-
negotiation of a trunk link.

Lab Purpose:
Switch interfaces are set to automatically attempt to create a trunk link when connected to another
switch. You need to know how to disable this behavior. Note that this behavior varies depending on
the switch model.

Certification Level:
This lab is suitable for the CCENT certification exam preparation.

Lab Difficulty:
This lab has a difficulty rating of 5/10.

Readiness Assessment:
When you are ready for your certification exam, you should complete this lab in no more than 15
minutes.

Lab Topology:
Please use the following topology to complete this lab exercise:

Task 1:
In preparation for the configuration, configure a hostname on Sw1 as well as Sw2.

Task 2:
Configure Sw1 so that auto-negotiation of trunking is disabled. Set the port to manually trunk.

Task 3:
Verify your configuration with the appropriate show commands.

Configuration and Verification


Task 1:
For reference information on configuring hostnames, please refer to earlier labs.
Task 2:
Sw1#show interface fast0/1 switchport

Name: Fa0/1

Switchport: Enabled

Administrative Mode: dynamic auto


Operational Mode: down
Administrative Trunking Encapsulation: dot1q
Operational Trunking Encapsulation: native
Negotiation of Trunking: On
Access Mode VLAN: 1 (default)
Trunking Native Mode VLAN: 1 (default)

Sw1(config)#int fast0/1
Sw1(config-if)#switchport nonegotiate
Command rejected: Conflict between ‘nonegotiate’ and ‘dynamic’ status.
Sw1(config-if)#switchport mode trunk
Sw1(config-if)#switchport nonegotiate
Sw1(config-if)#end
Task 3:
NOTE: As you can see above, the interface cannot be left to dynamically become a trunk or access
port if you want to disable auto-negotiation of trunking.

Sw1#show int fast0/1 switchport

Name: Fa0/1

Switchport: Enabled

Administrative Mode: trunk


Operational Mode: down
Administrative Trunking Encapsulation: dot1q
Operational Trunking Encapsulation: dot1q
Negotiation of Trunking: Off
Access Mode VLAN: 1 (default)
Trunking Native Mode VLAN: 1 (default)
Voice VLAN: none

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