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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

VLAN trunking revisited ,,,,,,,,,,

VLAN trunking revisited ,,,,,,,,,,

( its not about to bridge different VLANs, its about extending vlan to another switch )

http://www.ciscopress.com/articles/article.asp?p=29803&seqNum=3

quote here

6-3: Trunking

  • VLANs are local to each switch's database, and VLAN information is not passed between switches.
  • Trunk links provide VLAN identification for frames traveling between switches.
  • Cisco switches have two Ethernet trunking mechanisms: ISL and IEEE 802.1Q.
  • Certain types of switches can negotiate trunk links.
  • Trunks carry traffic from all VLANs to and from the switch by default but can be configured to carry only specified VLAN traffic.
  • Trunk links must be configured to allow trunking on each end of the link

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