Re: switchport mode dot1q-tunnel

From: Hobbs (deadheadblues@gmail.com)
Date: Mon Sep 01 2008 - 20:12:29 ART


Can you give us your example? I know that often the answer guides have it
when you don't really need it. In some tasks I can tunnel lacp or pagp
without dot1q-tunnel but the answer still has dot1q-tunnel created

maybe someone else who has experience can reply on why this is needed.

On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Igor M. <imanassypov@rogers.com> wrote:

> this mode is used in provider switched fabric to tunnel customer vlans
> across
> provider's backbone. This way the provider does not have to worry about
> vlan
> overlap etc etc. This mode by default does not tunnel your cdp/stp/vtp,
> which
> need to be enabled separately with l2protocol-tunnel. Furthermore,
> starting
> with 3750's I believe you can start tunnelling etherchannels which makes
> things even more interesting. Although last time i dealt with my provider,
> their 7600 could not handle it
>
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> --- On Fri, 8/29/08, Jack Flash <jack.flash@inbox.com> wrote:
> From: Jack Flash <jack.flash@inbox.com>
> Subject: switchport mode dot1q-tunnel
> To: "groupstudy" <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> Received: Friday, August 29, 2008, 11:32 AM
>
> Hello team,
>
> Could anyone explain why I need this command. If I don't use it, things
> seem to work just fine.
>
> Regards
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