Jan Just Keijser schrieb:
> Peter Stuge wrote:
>> Look at the spec, Table 9-2 on page 86. (100 in PDF)
>>
>> VID Use
>>   0 "no VLAN identifier is present in the frame"
>>   1 "The default PVID value used for classifying frames on ingress ..
>>      The PVID value of a Port can be changed by management."
>> FFF "Reserved for implementation use."
>
> be careful here (from table 9.2; I actually have an older copy of the 
> 802.1Q spec):
> 
> The null VLAN ID. Indicates that the tag header contains only priority
> information; no VLAN identifier is present in the frame. This VID value 
> shall not
> be configured as a PVID or a member of a VID Set, or configured in any 
> Filtering
> Database entry, or used in any Management operation.
> 
> so it *does* have priority info in it and it is *not* the same as no 
> VLAN identifier ...

I'm not sure whether you're actually disagreeing with each other... :)

"No VLAN identifier" does not mean "there is no 802.1Q header".  It just
means, that it doesn't represent a VLAN.  A frame without a VLAN
identifier (i.e. where VID == 0) represents a priority packet.

Cheers
Fabian

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