VTP does too have to do with trunking.
Switches use the VTP information to know what VLANs to carry over a trunk
line.
""Karen E Young"" wrote in message
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> CM,
>
> The name of this protocol is misleading (VTP = VLAN Trunking Protocol)
since
> it doesn't really have anything to do with trunking. VTP is merely a way
to
> update the VLANs that a switch recognizes as valid on multiple switches by
> updating a single "server". All of the rest of the switches in the VTP
> domain get a copy of the list of valid VLANs from the server. What this
> means is that when you add a new VLAN to the network you only have to
define
> it on the server. All of the rest of the switches get it automatically. If
> you don't want to use VTP, then each VLAN needs to be configured manually
on
> each switch. This can easily lead to problems if you mistype.
>
> A "VTP domain" is a bunch of switches on a network that will have the same
> VLANs configured on them. If you have more than one group of switches and
> each group has a different set of VLANs that it has to recognize, then you
> use a seperate domain name for the second group. You also need to keep in
> mind that VTP won't cross WAN links so portions of your network that span
a
> WAN link will automatically have different VTP domains on each end of the
> link even if the domain name is configured identically on each end.
>
> HTH,
> Karen
>
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>
> On 7/10/2001 at 12:48 PM getme wrote:
>
> >What configuration is pushed out to other domain members using vtp ?
> >As far as i know trunks carry the vlan information, in servers u can
> >make/del/modify vlans and in clients u cannot. Is that all??
> >
> >
> >On Tuesday, July 10, 2001 at 01:24:13 PM, Charles Manafa wrote:
> >
> >> VLANs are created by switches operating in Server mode, and VTP is the
> >means
> >> by which the configuration is pushed out to other domain members.
Switches
> >> operating in Client mode can not create/delete/modify VLANs, but can
use
> >the
> >> VLANs already created.
> >>
> >> CM
> >>
> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >> > From: getme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >> > Sent: 10 July 2001 13:04
> >> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> > Subject: urgent question related to vtp [7:11687]
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Hi,
> >> > I am kinda confused. Wot i understood from the doucumentation
> >> > is that in vtp
> >> > domains, we can add vlans from server on clients. Can this be
> >> > done? and if
> >> > yes how its done?
> >> > i am using 2900xl
> >> >
> >> > Thanks in advance
> >> >
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