Any 1U - 2U Ethernet switches that can handle 4K VLANs?

Alexei Roudnev alex at relcom.net
Tue Jan 27 07:11:33 UTC 2004


Sorry; of course, I meant _change MTU_. 


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> 
> Both the ISL _and_ the Dotq headers are stripped off at the trunk
> interface so they _both_ change the packet size but neither alters the
> payload.
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>                             Scott C. McGrath
> 
> On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 sthaug at nethelp.no wrote:
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> > > ISL _DOES NOT CHANGE_ packet size.
> >
> > An 802.1q tag adds 4 bytes to the Ethernet frame.
> >
> > ISL encapsulation adds 30 bytes to the Ethernet frame.
> >
> > Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no
> >



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