Hi there guys.

Wondering if any 1 here has used Boson netsim ver 6 and is fluent in setting up devices. I have done a few labs and all works well.

Im now interested in creating a netmap of my own and importing it into the simulation window. I have done this with 2 wan routers connected together by serial cables and a pc at each end and it works 100%.

The problem im having is with the 3550 layer 3 switch.
I created 2 vlans in a switch. One for pcs and one for WAN routers. I assigned the ports to the neccessary VLANs and gave the vlans IP adresses. I then joined the ethernet devices of the pcs to the correct ports on the switch with a default gateway the ip of the vlan on the switch.. This didnt work..

To cut a long story short if im in the switch i cant ping the VLAN interfaces... I did a show int and the 2 vlans i created say protocol down.... line down...

I tried going into the vlan interface and said no shut. I also went into the fast ethernet port of the vlan and said no shut, but they stay administrativrly down..

Anybody have a clue where Im going wrong. ??

Your thoughts would be highly appreciated.

Regards

SHAUN