Switching - Configuring VLAN?s

To setup 2 switches with VLAN's 4 and 5 and link with a trunk in 802.1q mode, for example:

conf t   vlan 4 name jim   vlan 5 name claire   int fa0/1      switchport access vlan 4   int fa0/2      switchport access vlan 5   int fa0/11      switchport mode trunk      switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q   exit

On older IOS:

vlan database   vlan 4 name jim   vlan 5 name claire   exit

To view VLAN's use "sh vlan".

note: In the example above if Switch 1 is in VTP server mode and switch 2 in client mode, the VLAN information shoud be transmitted on the trunk and appear on switch 2.