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Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:04:57 +0100
From: Bruce Simpson <bms@incunabulum.net>
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Subject: Re: native vlan
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Graham Smith wrote:
> Networking folks
>
> Nothing to do with freebsd per say, but can someone tell real life scenario
> requiring creation of native vlan (vlan 0)  and why native vlan are most
> suitable for this scene ?

Assuming you're referring to what's in the 802.1q header: it's what 
802.1p puts in the VLAN tag of an 802.1p priority frame, and it isn't a 
VLAN.