Benjamin Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Since VLANs are for making virtual networks, perhaps you can have a system
> with multiple physical connections treat them all as the same VLAN
> interface? Just a guess, I really don't know much about VLANs. (Hey,
> sounds like a great talk for GNHLUG, Kevin! ;-)
Everything you need to know about VLANs is discussed in the following
koan:
Goso said: ``When a packet goes out of its egress to the edge of
the abyss, its header and its payload all pass through, but why can't
the VLAN tag also pass?''
Kevin's comment: If anyone can open one eye at this point and say a
word of layer-2 bridging, he or she is qualified to discuss the
intricacies of ``one-armed routers'', and, not only that, he or she
can save all sentient beings under them from broadcast storms caused by
Windoze boxen. But if he or she cannot say such a word of true IEEE 802.1Q
VLANs, he or she should turn back to their tag.
If the packet is transmitted, it will fall into the ether;
If it remains in the queue, it will exceed its TTL,
That little VLAN tag
Is a very strange thing.
(apologies to Mumon... (-: )
--kevin
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