Routed port on 3550 switch

Hi,
What is the function of the routed port on the 3550 switch.
1. Do you need to create a routed port to route between vlans.

2. Do you need to connect the routed port to the router in order to route
between vlans.

 

["John"]

| What is the function of the routed port on the 3550 switch.
| 1. Do you need to create a routed port to route between vlans.

No, you create SVIs ("interface vlan123") to route between VLANs.

| 2. Do you need to connect the routed port to the router in order
| to route between vlans.

A routed port is useful if you want to IP terminate something on the
3550 - and not get the traffic on that port mixed in with other L2
traffic.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting,