Native vlan

[acbenny]

Hi all,

anybody know what is native vlan? what is it use for? any link introduce it?

[massimiliano.serafino]

Hi.

"Native VLAN is a VLAN that is not associated explicitly to any tag on an 802.1Q link. This VLAN is implicitly used for all the untagged traffic received on an 802.1Q capable port."

Reference: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps708/products_white_paper09186a008013159f.shtml

I hope this helps.

Massimiliano.