From: Ben (bmunyao@gmail.com)
Date: Tue Jul 31 2007 - 07:13:25 ART
Martijn,
VLANs by design confine traffic to the vlan, unless it has been routed
across to another vlan. Merely connecting a cable between two VLANs
therefore does not circumvent this behavior, even if hosts in the two vlans
use the same IP subnet.
Ben
On 7/31/07, martijn <groupstudy@martijnj.nl> wrote:
>
> Lim,
>
> i needed to laugh a little at first. Never tried.
>
> Not THE answer, I think you need to test.
>
> let's break up your q's.
> > done before?
> No.
> > Can a host on VLAN359 now communicate with a host on VLAN360?
> After i read your post trice, i see you want to do it @ one switch. when i
> want to do comms with an host it starts with ip, if that is not local
> (logical AND) I go for the default gateway. Do your pc's have
> one?????????????
>
> When I look to your Q form another angle, say mac-addr table, (never
> tested,
> group?) I would say mac-addr binding goes to direct connected prot first,
> after that I assume that the link would for a L2 link between vlan's. Any
> takes?
>
> martijn
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Toh Soon, Lim" <tohsoon28@gmail.com>
> To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 9:43 AM
> Subject: Bridging VLANs by looping cable
>
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > This may sound simple and mundane but for curiosity sake, I need to seek
> > clarification.
> >
> > Has anyone tried "bridging" two VLANs by looping a cable to the same
> > switch?
> > E.g. in the following diagram:
> >
> > Gi0/1(VLAN359)----
> > |
> > |
> > Gi0/2(VLAN360)----
> >
> > The same cable connects to interfaces Gi0/1 (VLAN359) and Gi0/2
> (VLAN360).
> > Can a host on VLAN359 now communicate with a host on VLAN360?
> >
> > What's the implication doing this, e.g. from STP point of view? Is it
> > recommended at all?
> >
> > Any advice is appreciated.
> >
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > B.Rgds,
> > Lim TS
> >
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