If you don't use a switch module , a Router doesn't understand vlans.
When you configure encapsulation dot1q 101 under Router sub-interface , it
just add a vlan tag (101) before sending packets out of this interface &
incoming packets with same vlan tag is matched for this sub-interface (for
layer
Well, yes, it look like is working but in the background for HQ router
native vlan is 101 so, untagged traffic is send over vlan 101, on the far
switch the untagged traffic is been put on the native vlan (untagged) of
the local switch, in this case 1. That is why everything can work even with
this
This seems like a dumb question...
If the hq rtr has a subinterface with "native" in it don't we have to have to
have a native statement on the switch port with the trunk to hq?
for example..
hq
interface fa 0/0.101
encapsulation dot1q 101 native
ip address 10.10.100.1 255.255.255.0
and the