Native Vlan tag/no-tag question?

From: ccieben@cox.net
Date: Mon Mar 13 2006 - 23:25:08 GMT-3


Hello,

I have the following attached to a 3550:
Port 0/1 - trunked back to a Router A. I am allowing Vlan 10 & 20 & stating that 20 is native.
Port 0/5 - a Vlan 20 access port attached to Router B.

Router A & Router B are both on the same subnet.

With the 3550 in its normal state - Router A & Router B cannot ping each other. Once I add the command:
3550(config)#vlan dot1q tag native
Router A & Router B are able to ping each other... I thought that command would only be useful in an SP environment where 1Q/L2 tunneling was being performed.

I thought these untagged packets were automatically part of vlan 20? What is the logic of why these devices can't "speak".... can someone help me understand the logic?

TIA - Ben

***Router A
interface Ethernet0/0.20
 encapsulation dot1Q 20 native
 ip address 172.16.17.1 255.255.255.0
end

***Router B
interface FastEthernet0/0
 ip address 172.16.17.6 255.255.255.0
end

***3550
interface FastEthernet0/1
 description to ROUTER-A
 switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
 switchport trunk native vlan 20
 switchport trunk allowed vlan 10,20
 switchport mode trunk
end

interface FastEthernet0/5
 description to ROUTER-B
 switchport access vlan 20
 switchport mode access
end

3550#show int trun

Port Mode Encapsulation Status Native vlan
Fa0/1 on 802.1q trunking 20
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