""pauldongso"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > thanks for your response. > If ISL and 802.1q frame header has no space for vlan name, it means > doesn't matter if Switch A and B are within the same VTP domain or not, > whatever vtp modes they are on, as long as the vlan number is the same, > vlan name does not matter.
CL: well, one of the switches would have to be in transparent mode. I'd double check, but it is such a pain to reconfigure everything, and I'm under a time crunch right now. > > > The Long and Winding Road wrote: > > ""pauldongso"" wrote in message > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > > >>Hi All, > >> > >>come across this scenario: > >> > >>Switch A --------------------- switch B > >>(vtp wally) trunk (vtp world) > >> | | > >> | | > >> PC 1 PC 2 > >>(vlan 2,name access) (vlan 2, name access) > >> ip 10.0.0.1 ip 10.0.0.2 > >> > >>1. pc 1 is able to ping pc2. > >>2. when vlan 2 in switch A change name to be access-new, > >> will PC 1 still be able to ping PC2? will the vlan name > >> take any effect? > > > > > > > > CL: assuming all switches are vtp server, the answer is that the name > change > > becomes universal, so there is no effect. > > > > CL: sorry, but I am unable to provide an empirical answer regarding vtp > > transparent. the theoretical answer is there would be no effect if the same > > vlan number were to have two different names on two different switches. > > there is no place in the 802.1 header for a vlan name. all that matters is > > the number. > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>Thanks in advance. > >> > >>Paul Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=58002&t=57985 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

