An engineer is tasked with configuring a company network so that devices on Switch1 and Switch2, assigned to network segment 10, can communicate with each other. The switches are connected via a link with default settings.
Which action should the engineer take to enable communication between devices on network segment 10 across the switches?
Use VTP to propagate VLAN 10 between the switches
Set the native VLAN to 10 on both switches
Configure the link between the switches as a trunk and allow VLAN 10
Assign all ports to network segment 10 on both switches
To enable devices on network segment 10 to communicate between Switch1 and Switch2, the engineer must configure the link between the switches as a trunk and allow VLAN 10. By default, switch-to-switch links are access ports and will not carry traffic for multiple VLANs. Configuring a trunk link enables the passage of multiple VLANs over a single physical link. Simply assigning ports to VLAN 10 without configuring the trunk will not allow inter-switch VLAN communication. Setting the native VLAN to 10 changes the VLAN that untagged frames are associated with but does not forward tagged VLAN 10 traffic. Using VTP can propagate VLAN information but does not configure the trunk link required for VLAN traffic to pass between switches.
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