Re: Trunk or SPAN [7:38146]

2002-03-13 Thread Chris Charlebois
Everything Brian said is correct. The practical difference is the vlan tagging. Frames are tagged on a trunk based on what vlan they belong on. Frames are not tagged on a SPAN port because it is not intended to be split back into vlans. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.p

Re: Trunk or SPAN [7:38146]

2002-03-13 Thread Brian Lodwick
On a SPAN port the switch will copy the information passing through the other ports and output it to the SPAN port so that you can use a device like a packet analyzer for network management. A SPAN port is merely a window into the switch to look at traffic on several ports in several VLANs. A tru

Trunk or SPAN [7:38146]

2002-03-13 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
What is the difference between a trunk port and a SPAN port? Am I wrong to think that both ports see all the packets? Packet analyzers are connected to SPAN ports. what if you connect them to a trunk port? Does this serve the purpose? A Strobel -_-_-_ Mail3000 gives you 30 Megs of Email s