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receiving port in the specified VLANs, and pass the message on to all other ports.
VLAN requirements are propagated in this way throughout the network. This
allows GVRP-compliant devices to be automatically configured for VLAN groups
based solely on endstation requests.
Forwarding Traffic with Unknown VLAN Tags
This switch only supports 64 VLANs, but up to 4094 VLANs are supported by the
IEEE 802.1Q VLAN protocol. Therefore, if this switch is attached to endstations
that issue VLAN registration requests, it will have to forward unknown VLAN tags.
This traffic can only be propagated to the rest of the network if automatic VLAN
registration is enabled on your switch.
Forwarding Tagged/Untagged Frames
Each port on the switch is capable of passing tagged or untagged frames, except
for trunk ports which can only be configured as a tagged port (i.e., attached to a
VLAN-aware device). To forward a frame from a VLAN-unaware device to a VLAN-
aware device, the switch first decides where to forward the frame, and then inserts
a VLAN tag reflecting this port’s default VID. However, to forward a frame from a
VLAN-aware device to a VLAN-unaware device, the switch first decides where to
forward the frame, and then strips off the VLAN tag.
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