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

[Kristian K. <kri...@gm...>]

On 5/17/07, Kevin Kiely <Ast...@gt...> wrote:
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> Thought I would jump in here on the 802.1P.
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> 802.1P is priority queuing at the MAC layer.  IEEE standard 802.1p is a part
> of the IEEE standard 802.1D. 802.1Q is the IEEE standard for vlans and is
> part of the IEEE standard 802.1D. There are many switches with 802.1P
> without 802.1Q VLAN's.
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> Kevin Kiely
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Kevin,

  Thanks for the point to 802.1D!

  However, most devices that I have encountered in the past several
years that support 802.1p also support 802.1Q.  Phones, switches,
routers, etc.


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Kristian Kielhofner