Re: [Astlinux-users] VLAN's and 802.1p priority

[Lonnie A. <li...@lo...>]

On May 17, 2007, at 9:51 PM, Kristian Kielhofner wrote:

> On 5/17/07, Lonnie Abelbeck <li...@lo...> wrote:
>>
>> Or how about allow the VLAN definition have an optional trailing :N
>> where (0 <= N <= 7)
>>
>> VLANS="eth0.20:5"
>>
>> I assume "0" is the current AstLinux defined priority?
>>
>> In my case, I have Layer 2 switches, and only 802.1p priority tags
>> are used.  (HP Procurve 1700 and 1800 series)
>>
>> Is this the the current best way of handling priorities?
>>
>> Lonnie
>
> Lonnie,
>
>   I was hoping that I could eventually figure out a way to set the
> 802.1p value for non-vlan interfaces (eth0, eth1, eth2) as well.
>
>   For VLANs only, I like your way more!
>
> --  
> Kristian

Kristian,

You know immensely more about this stuff than I do, but it is my  
understanding that 802.1p requires 802.1Q (VLAN) tagging.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.1Q

Lonnie