[c-nsp] dot1Q trunk, not point-to-point

Jared Mauch jared at puck.nether.net
Tue Feb 28 09:59:12 EST 2012


On Feb 28, 2012, at 9:26 AM, Victor Sudakov wrote:

> Phil Mayers wrote:
>>> 
>>> Is it required that a 802.1Q trunk is a point-to-point link between
>>> exactly two switches? What if I have several switches with trunk ports
>>> connected to a shared medium, should I expect problems?
>> 
>> No. It should work fine.
> 
> Any possible problems with VTP and DTP?

This all depends on the wireless hardware being used.  Make sure it bridges all frames, and not just IP frames.  I've seen wireless hardware that just does known ether types without extra settings, e.g.: WDS on the UBNT gear.

- Jared


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