Re: native vlan question

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A lot of people ask native vlan question.
I think using "vlan dot1q tag native" should eliminate this question.
at least for sw---sw connection. (all tagged just like isl)
I may not fully understand what's purpose why cisco make "native
vlan".

cisco didnt invent this - it is part of 802.1Q.

Some article say because of backward compatible with 802.3.

i suggest you try to find the standard and read around that,
maybe start at www.ieee.org

AFAIR some of the standards docs are without charge for Ethernet.

Can anyone give an example?

there are 2 Qs to think about.

1. set a port to be tagged
- what do you do with a packet that arrives with no tag?

the 2 common answers are to throw it away, or to put it into some sort of
"default VLAN" - that is what untagged means for incoming packets.

not putting a tag on outbound packets form that VLAN on that port allows 2
way comms.

this sounds silly - but it is what often needs to happen when you hook up an
unconfigured device to set it up.

2. what happens when you want to split up 2 streams of packets on a port?

sometimes you have a device that will add its own stream of packets to a set
it gets from elsewhere
- the classic case is an IP phone where there is a plug on the phone to
connect a PC.
- Pcs dont normally send tagged frames, and the 3 port bridge in the phone
doesnt have the horsepower to wrap a tag around every packet.
- but you want the phone traffic kept separate from PC (security, QoS and
so on).

So - pass the PC packet thru untagged, and tag the phone traffic.
At the switch the PC "stuff" is untagged and goes into the native VLAN,
phone traffic is tagged and goes into a different VLAN.

TIA,
st

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