VLANs: do all switches in a route have to support it?
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Anthony Chavez
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Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 8:03 am    Post subject: VLANs: do all switches in a route have to support it? Reply with quote

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Hi, all. Again, a similar configration:

[X]--------[X]----------O
switch A switch B station A

If switch A supports 801.2Q VLANs, and switch B doesn't, will the
stations that connect to switch B be able to participate in different
VLANs (as configured on switch A), or will all such stations be forced
into the VLAN that the port on switch A is assigned, to which switch B
is connected?

Thanks again,

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Patrick Schaaf
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Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 8:03 am    Post subject: Re: VLANs: do all switches in a route have to support it? Reply with quote

Anthony Chavez <acc@anthonychavez.org> writes:

Quote:
Hi, all. Again, a similar configration:

[X]--------[X]----------O
switch A switch B station A

If switch A supports 801.2Q VLANs, and switch B doesn't, will the
stations that connect to switch B be able to participate in different
VLANs (as configured on switch A), or will all such stations be forced
into the VLAN that the port on switch A is assigned, to which switch B
is connected?

All stations will be ale to participate in different VLANS, IF AND WHEN
THEY USE TAGGING THEMSELVES. Non-.1q frames should be passed through
by ancient switches, at least for as long as they don't exceed the
maximum frame sizes (i.e. maybe you'll have to set MTU to 1496 on
each tagging station A.

However, when you configure switch B's oort on switch A as an access port
without tagging, and with an explicit single VLAN membership, as the second
part of your question implies - then they won't be able to do so!

best regards
Patrick
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pizzy
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Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 10:19 pm    Post subject: Re: VLANs: do all switches in a route have to support it? Reply with quote

I would configure switch B port on A to have the VLANs i want my end
stations to participate in. This though will require your end stations
to have 802.1Q NICs.
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