[c-nsp] native vlan

[Elmar K. Bins]

vincent at dekeyzer.net (Vincent De Keyzer) wrote:

> Another way to play Elmar's definition would be to say that the
> "switchport trunk native vlan x" command tells the switch to associate
> untagged frames received on that port to VLAN x, and de-tag frames belonging
> to VLAN x when sending them over that port.

I've resorted to using a "dead" VLAN for the native one (with spanning
tree disabled)...is that a good idea?

Btw - newer IOSes/CATOSes allow to also tag the native vlan, although
I haven't tried that yet.

Yours,
	Elmar.

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