Re: 802.1q and 802.1p

From: Peter van Oene (pvo@usermail.com)
Date: Mon Nov 04 2002 - 15:55:52 GMT-3

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At 03:17 PM 11/4/2002 -0300, Persio Pucci wrote:
>Hi folks,
>
>I was wondering... if I am using 802.1p Expedited Traffic to use QoS on L2, is
>it possible to use 802.1q VLAN tagging simultaneously? If not, how about ISL?
>
>Persio

Hi Persio,

The 802.1q tag includes 3 bits for priority which are defined by
802.1p. Hence, you need 802.1q tags inserted in order to use 802.1p, so
I'd say its not only possible, but necessary as far as I know.

Pete

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