Re: DOT1Q NATIVE VLAN STANDARD or NON-STANDARD

From: James Ventre (messageboard@ventrefamily.com)
Date: Wed Oct 12 2005 - 14:50:50 GMT-3


>Bottom line is that there is always a native VLAN in Dot1Q

Always is a pretty strong word:

IOS_4507R(config)#vlan dot1q tag native ?
<cr>

CatOS_6500(enable) set dot1q-all-tagged enable ?
<cr>

James

De Witt, Duane wrote:

  The basics here are that Dot1Q has a native VLAN which is a VLAN that
  doesn't have a VLAN tag. ISL doesn't have this since all VLAN's are
  tagged.
  If you don't define a native VLAN it defaults to VLAN 1. The default can
  be changed to make any VLAN native which simply means it will not carry
  a VLAN tag in the header. Bottom line is that there is always a native
  VLAN in Dot1Q, whether you define it or not.
  
  Does that answer your question?
  
  -----Original Message-----
  From: nobody@groupstudy.com [ mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com ] On Behalf Of
  Ed Lui
  Sent: 12 October 2005 06:03 PM
  To: ccielab@groupstudy.com Subject: DOT1Q NATIVE VLAN STANDARD or NON-STANDARD
  
  Hi group,
  I have no luck finding out why we need native vlan in dot1q. I
  understand
  that native vlan should be defined on a trunk port. I came across a
  router
  on a stick lab scenario, which I did not define the native vlan and it
  is
  still working fine. Read through the dot1q standard on
  ieee.org <http://ieee.org> but still can not figure out my question.
   So, what is the difference between having a native and not having a
  native
  vlan defined ? The only thing I can think of is, tagged frame can carry
  QoS
  information. Other than that, what is the benefit or difference between
  tagged and untagged frames ? Why define a native ?
  
  Thanks in advance for any help or hint,
  
  Ed Lui

  TRUNK W/O NATIVE VLAN
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