Priscilla,
A native VLAN is the VLAN that a port functions under when its not trunking.
When the switch comes online one of the things it does is perform any
negotiations for trunking. In order to negotiate the two ports need to be
able to communicate at layer 2. If the ports at either end of the proposed
trunk link belong to different native VLANs then they won't be able to
communicate to negotiate the trunking. Negotiations can fail for other
reasons though too, such as when trunking itself is misconfigured. Anyway,
if negotiations fail or if trunking goes down for some reason, then the
ports revert to their native VLANs. The default native VLAN of a Cisco
switch is VLAN 1. Other vendors have been known to use VLAN 100.
HTH,
Karen
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On 7/23/2001 at 3:04 PM Priscilla Oppenheimer wrote:
>At 08:53 AM 7/23/01, Remmert Veen wrote:
>>Hi Sammi,
>>
>>Indeed, ISL is Cisco propietary, so should you consider other vendor's
>>switches in your network, now or in the future, I'd recommend 802.1q.
Beware
>>however, dot1q has some drwabacks with regards to loops. Check out
>>http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/lan/c2900xl/29_35wc/sc/swgvlans.htm#xtocid1196639
>
>>for the details.
>
>I'm trying to understand what that link is saying:
>
>"Make sure the native VLAN for an 802.1Q trunk is the same on both ends of
>the trunk link. If the native VLAN on one end of the trunk is different
>from the native VLAN on the other end, spanning-tree loops might result."
>
>What's a native VLAN? Is that the one that sends STP, VTP, etc.? How is it
>different from the management VLAN?
>
>If the native VLAN were set differently on the two ends of a trunk, I guess
>STP traffic wouldn't flow correctly, so loops could result? Why wouldn't
>this also be a problem for ISL?
>
>The link also says this:
>
>"Disabling STP on the native VLAN of an 802.1Q trunk without disabling STP
>on every VLAN in the network can potentially cause STP loops. We recommend
>that you leave STP enabled on the native VLAN of an 802.1Q trunk or disable
>STP on every VLAN in the network. Make sure your network is loop-free
>before disabling STP."
>
>That one seems sort of obvious. Disabling STP on any trunk could result in
>problems, I would think. What are they getting at?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Priscilla
>
>
>
>>If not (so your network is all Cisco) you might wanna consider ISL. Since
it
>>is Cisco propietary, it's obviously fully supported by Cisco and has some
>>minor benefits.
>>
>>Hth,
>>Remmert
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