different Native vlans on the ends of trunk link...

CycladesCyclades Member Posts: 26 ■□□□□□□□□□
Hello Guys...

I am have a doubt in trunking.

If I configure different native vlan on each ends of a trunk, will trunking will still work or not ?
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  • luke_bibbyluke_bibby Member Posts: 162
    A trunk with mismatched native VLANs will still stay operational. Here's one I prepared earlier:

    On switch B:
    SwitchB#sh int tru

    Port Mode Encapsulation Status Native vlan
    Fa0/15 auto 802.1q trunking 2

    Port Vlans allowed on trunk
    Fa0/15 1-4094

    Port Vlans allowed and active in management domain
    Fa0/15 1,10,15,20

    Port Vlans in spanning tree forwarding state and not pruned
    Fa0/15 1,10,20

    On switch A:
    SwitchA#show int tru

    Port Mode Encapsulation Status Native vlan
    Fa0/2 desirable 802.1q trunking 1

    Port Vlans allowed on trunk
    Fa0/2 1-4094

    Port Vlans allowed and active in management domain
    Fa0/2 1,10,15,20

    Port Vlans in spanning tree forwarding state and not pruned
    Fa0/2 1,10,20

    However the following syslog message gets printed to the console every minute (provided CDP is enabled):

    00:14:19: %CDP-4-NATIVE_VLAN_MISMATCH: Native VLAN mismatch discovered on FastEthernet0/15 (2), with SwitchA FastEthernet0/2 (1).
  • CycladesCyclades Member Posts: 26 ■□□□□□□□□□
    Hey Luke,

    Thank you so much. I got the same kinda syslog messages. That's were I go confused.
    Thanks Once Again
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  • notgoing2failnotgoing2fail Member Posts: 1,138
    I would also check to see if dot1q and ISL handles this differently.
  • trackittrackit Member Posts: 224
    I would also check to see if dot1q and ISL handles this differently.

    there is no such thing as native vlan in ISL
  • notgoing2failnotgoing2fail Member Posts: 1,138
    trackit wrote: »
    there is no such thing as native vlan in ISL

    Well there you go then!! LOL good to know....
  • CycladesCyclades Member Posts: 26 ■□□□□□□□□□
    Ya .. ISL encapsulates all the packets irrespective of the vlan
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  • creamy_stewcreamy_stew Member Posts: 406 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Cyclades wrote: »
    Ya .. ISL encapsulates all the packets irrespective of the vlan

    So what happens if you "tag native" at both ends? Will the CDP warnings still show up? Will the switches have any idea which id thee other side is using for "native" I've never tried this.

    That seems like "The Loop of Doom" waiting to happen, lol
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