This is just weird (and maybe I should be in one of the Rack-rental subfora, if so, sorry).
I have been working my way though the lab workbook tonight, and on loading the config for lab1.4, I imediately see the following output on my console (I have only included one sample of identical syslog outputs and config stanzas, however I see the same messages from all the inter-switchlinks):
Switch-1
*Mar 1 00:25:02.785: %CDP-4-NATIVE_VLAN_MISMATCH: Native VLAN mismatch discovered on FastEthernet0/10 (3), with Switch-2 FastEthernet0/10 (2).
(Same message for all 6 of the interswitch links):
Switch-2
*Mar 1 00:18:07.663: %CDP-4-NATIVE_VLAN_MISMATCH: Native VLAN mismatch discovered on FastEthernet0/10 (3), with Switch-1 FastEthernet0/10 (2).
So one would think that the switches are simply mis-configured.. but this is not so! All the ports have the same base config (which was carried over from the last exercise, 1.3:
interface FastEthernet0/14
switchport access vlan 2
switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
switchport mode dynamic desirable