I think that is what the quoted passage means. I would guess that it is stated because the EAPOL frames are meant to be "host to switch" communication, and therefore, tagging is not needed.
Regards, Justin On Thursday, October 18, 2001, at 06:38 AM, TOMSON ERIC wrote: > I'm not sure, but I guess there will be no 802.1Q VLAN tagging, while > there will be 802.1p prioritization tagging. > I mean, those frames would not use the VLAN tagging fields, while they > would use the priority fields. > Could somebody confirm? > > E.T. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > hi > > In 7.4 of IEEE Std 802.1x-2001, why to say " EAPOL frames > transmitted by a PAE > > shall not be VLAN tagged, but may optionally be priority tagged"? > > > > > > > --- Justin C. Walker, Curmudgeon-At-Large * Institute for General Semantics | Director of Technology | If you're not confused, Nexsi Systems Corp. | You're not paying attention 1959 Concourse Drive | San Jose, CA 95131 | *--------------------------------------*-------------------------------*
