Sorry I haven't been following this but did you try SET VSWITCH VSW3 CONNECT
-----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of louis.gai...@its.ms.gov Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 3:24 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: VLAN IMPLEMENTATION I detached my switch defined it again define vswitch vsw3 rdev fa00 eth vlan 666 granted access to vsw3 vlan 12 I still get no connection