RE: dot1Q

From: Richard Dumoulin (richard.dumoulin@vanco.es)
Date: Thu Apr 08 2004 - 21:58:28 GMT-3


One possible reason may be a media that cannot support the size of a tagged
frame ? Here only untagged frames would pass.

--Richard

-----Original Message-----
From: Brian McGahan [mailto:bmcgahan@internetworkexpert.com]
Sent: viernes, 09 de abril de 2004 2:56
To: Richard Dumoulin; W. Alan Robertson
Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: RE: dot1Q

How exactly does "encapsulation failure" occur?

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf
Of
> Richard Dumoulin
> Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 7:34 PM
> To: W. Alan Robertson
> Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: RE: dot1Q
>
> Yes, I guess "encapsulation failure" does not mean "trunk failure" at
all
> !!
> I would have lost all the points in a simple question :((
>
> So lab tip: read all the words of every question, hehe.
>
> --Richard
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: W. Alan Robertson [mailto:warobertson@earthlink.net]
> Sent: viernes, 09 de abril de 2004 2:21
> To: Richard Dumoulin
> Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: Re: dot1Q
>
>
> As I read the phrasing of the task requirements in your post, I
> immediately thought "native vlan." Reading further, I took it to mean
> "trunk encapsulation failure."
>
> I guess I still have a pretty good grasp of Cisco's pidgin "CCIE
> English." ;)
>
>
> Richard Dumoulin wrote:
>
> >A simple question that confuses me: I am asked to configure trunking
> >between two 3550. I m also asked to "ensure that VLAN X is still
> >forwarded accross the link if the encapsulation fails". Does
> >"encapsulation fails" mean "stops trunking" ? Or something else ?
> >
> >So I did configure "switchport access vlan X" but the solution shows
> >"switchport trunk native vlan X" !?!?
> >
> >The doc-cd says about "switchport access vlan X" that if the link
stops
> >trunking then it will only forward X.
> >
> >Does anyone agree with me ?
> >
> >By the way, this is CCBootcamp task 2-h lab3,
> >
> >Regards
> >
> >--Richard
> >
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