cisco 2950

[m4a2t0t]

Why do I have to ping my switch before I can access anything with the switch? I couldnt get access through the switch until I pinged the vlan interface and the traffic started passing. ping vlan1(10.x.x.x), requset timeout first and then next I got replies and I also started getting replies from my other lan servers.

I dont use cisco that much but I going to start learning more, any help greatly appreciated.

[Ghosthunter]

something sounds messed up with routing and workstation doesnt know what next hop is

I have tons of 2950 here and never had an issue like that.